Coming Up Sun 8:00 PM  AEST
Coming Up Live in 
Live
Tamil radio
More 

Government agrees to next steps for Indigenous voice to parliament

DOWNLOAD 10.99 MB
A marcher holds a flag as he protests for Aboriginal rights on Australia Day at Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, January 26, 2020. Source: AAP

Federal Cabinet has agreed to the next step towards establishing a so-called Indigenous "Voice" to advise the parliament on new laws. But with an election fast approaching, the new proposal dashes any hopes the Coalition can keep its commitment to passing legislation for the advisory body in this term of parliament. That story produced by Ellie Mitchell, Arianna Lucente and Sarah Collard for SBS News, produced by Praba Maheswaran for SBS Tamil.

Updated
By Praba Maheswaran

Listen to SBS Tamil at 8pm on Mondays, Wednesdays, Fridays and Sundays on SBS Radio 2.
Find your area’s radio frequency by visiting our tune in page.
For listening on DAB+ digital radio, search for ‘SBS Radio’.

Coming up next

# TITLE RELEASED TIME MORE
Government agrees to next steps for Indigenous voice to parliament 22/12/2021 06:00 ...
Former Defence Minister Peter Dutton criticises the decision to allow Priya-Nades family to return to Queensland. 28/05/2022 05:13 ...
Monkeypox: How does it spread, and how worried should we be? 27/05/2022 09:54 ...
National Sorry Day 27/05/2022 09:20 ...
China takes first steps to ending diplomatic freeze with Australia 27/05/2022 05:46 ...
Focus: Sri Lanka 27/05/2022 05:40 ...
Inquiry into the arrival of asylum seeker boat from Sri Lanka 27/05/2022 08:37 ...
Electricity prices to increase by up to 18.3 per cent 26/05/2022 05:40 ...
Canadian parliament unanimously adopts a motion on May 18th! 25/05/2022 08:03 ...
Astronomers Reveal First Image of the Black Hole at the Heart of Our Galaxy 25/05/2022 16:09 ...
View More