Early voting begins in Australia’s Indigenous Voice referendum | Indigenous Rights News

[ad_1] PM Anthony Albanese rallies support for Indigenous Voice in Melbourne as early voting begins in parts of Australia. Early voting has begun in parts of Australia for a landmark referendum on creating an Indigenous body that can advise Parliament on matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. People eligible for early voting in the Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia will be able to cast their ballots from Monday, while voters in…

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A refuge from terror in Niger, as UN Chief pledges to be voice for the displaced

This is Ouallam district one of the hottest places in Niger, in one of the hottest countries in Africa, where rain falls rarely and sparingly but where shattered communities can find a refuge from the increasing acts of violence and terrorist activity which have struck the region. Ouallam and two other neighbouring districts in northern Niger currently shelter some 28,000 people who have fled their homes because of violence, including terrorist acts, in the volatile…

"A refuge from terror in Niger, as UN Chief pledges to be voice for the displaced"