This article came from the Vanguard website Part 1 of a series on forces supporting opposing sides of the Voice referendum and the need for unity, whatever the result. It looks at the role of the Business Council of Australia. The second looks explores the growth of far right organisation. As the Voice referendum approaches, First Peoples have never been …

The 10 o’clock Thursday lecture on twentieth-century Australian History had barely begun when one of my students, Steve Padgem, burst into the Hayden-Allen tank shouting: ‘The cops are pulling down the tent embassy! We need help to stop them!’ The class moved from thinking back on what had happened in this country, into playing our small part in shaping its future. …