Referendums

Prominent Indigenous leaders Pat Turner, Lorena Allam and Lindon Coombes on the next steps for treaty and truth telling as Australians enter an election year.

In New Zealand, the prime minister has ruled out a referendum on the Treaty of Waitangi, but legal experts warn there are multiple paths to a nationwide vote.  

More than a year after one of Australia's more controversial referendums, "where to from here?" is a question many continue to ask. But there are hopes truth-telling will help to heal deep wounds in Western Australia.

Nearly a quarter of a million people in WA failed to vote in the 2023 referendum and now some are facing legal action after they did not pay a penalty or provide a valid reason for avoiding the polls. 

Kamin Gock reflects on the referendum and David Speers speaks to Professor Tom Calma who is one of Australia’s most respected campaigners for Indigenous rights.

Anthony Albanese has promised to continue engagement with Indigenous Australians on the first anniversary of the failed referendum for a Voice to Parliament. 

Rather than a National Apology-style watershed moment, the anniversary of the failed Voice to Parliament referendum is one that many Indigenous people and the more than 6 million who voted Yes want to forget.

On the first anniversary of the failed Voice referendum, Linda Burney — the minister responsible for delivering the vote — wants to set the record straight.

Communities and key players on both sides have been reflecting on what they have seen in Australia in the 12 months since the referendum.

Voice co-architect Tom Calma says a lot of people are still hurting since the failed Indigenous Voice to Parliament Referendum. 

Speaking to the ABC's Insiders: On Background podcast, constitutional law expert Megan Davis also ruled out supporting any purely symbolic constitutional recognition for Indigenous people, and said it would be a broken promise if the Albanese government were to not proceed with establishing a Makarrata Commission.

On Taiwan's national day, the disconnect between international enthusiasm for the island's independence and its domestic politics paints a complex picture of its evolving identity.

New Zealand has entered a period of right-wing politics, but the next generation of Māori activists are ready to respond. 

When voters in New South Wales head to the polls on Saturday, some will be required to do more than elect their local government representatives.

Timor Leste's overwhelming independence vote sparked a brutal retaliation from the occupying forces. Those who survived the conflict say it must not be forgotten.

Spanish authorities have been after fugitive Catalonian separatist leader Carles Puigdemont for seven years, but when he openly returned to Barcelona, police didn't have a plan to nab him and he vanished again.

Australia's first Indigenous allyship summit hears concerns the prime minister is walking back on his commitment to set up an independent Makaratta truth-telling commission.

Blessed with pristine lagoons and coral reefs, New Caledonia was hoping to attract more Australian tourists. After civil unrest struck, businesses are now thinking about survival.

Vanuatu has backed changes in a referendum aiming to end political instability that saw the Pacific nation elect three prime ministers in a month.

As Australia marks its first Reconciliation Week since voting no to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, young First Nations people and advocates for change say they are still hopeful the country can heal, but that truth-telling will be key.