How hate speech during the Voice campaign can harm personal wellbeing, as well as democracy

  • Written by: Paul Komesaroff, Professor of Medicine, Monash University

Last week, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced Australia will vote in the Voice referendum on October 14.

When the proposal for a Voice to Parliament was first put forward in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, it was mostly welcomed as an invitation to Australians to come together.

The subsequent announcement of a referendum brought hope and...

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