A Voice to Parliament would be a first for Australia, but it’s not the first of its kind in the world.

Norway has had an indigenous-led Parliament for more than three decades, with local representatives advising on issues that impact their people.

Closer to home, New Zealand has a Maori Voice in Parliament, with specially established seats for indigenous MPs.

So, what impact have these bodies had? And could they offer a glimpse of life in Australia if we vote “Yes”? 

Today, author and contributor to The Saturday Paper Andrew Wear on what we can learn from other countries that have given indigenous people a Voice. 

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A clinic inside Melbourne’s Royal Women’s Hospital is quietly changing lives through the power of tattoos. 

The Combined Breast Service offers breast reconstruction, including making nipples anew with tattoo ink. It’s an offering that empowers post-mastectomy patients and breast cancer survivors, who often grapple with accepting their new chests. 

Today, author Katherine Wilson will be reading her piece from the May issue of The Monthly.

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Australia is ageing rapidly, and our country will look very different by the turn of this century.

That’s the prediction laid out in the government’s latest intergenerational report, which forecasts the state of the nation. 

So, what vision does Labor have in guiding Australia into the future? And how urgently are they addressing these issues? 

Today, contributing editor for The Monthly Rachel Withers on what she learned at Labor’s conference about their plans for the future. 

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Australia is home to some of the hottest towns in the world. 

In the Northern Territory, remote communities with large Indigenous populations know how to live in extreme heat. 

But even they say they’re seeing the climate change before their eyes, making their homes less and less liveable. 

So what lessons can First Nations peoples impart about surviving the heat?

And can their knowledge offer a way to adapt rather than relying on energy-intensive airconditioning? 

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Dechlan Brennan on how Indigenous resilience and cultural knowledge can help us cope in a climate crisis.

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A channel to the right of Sky News has launched in Australia, with powerful and cashed-up backers.

ADH TV has all the hallmarks of far right American platforms, but with a very well known Australian at its centre: Alan Jones.

It marks something of a comeback for the 82-year-old shock jock, who was dropped by mainstream media outlets.

Today, associate editor for The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie-Murray on who’s behind ADH TV and whether Australians have an appetite for far right news.

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Guest: Associate editor for The Saturday Paper Martin McKenzie Murray

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If someone in an aged care facility is hurt or mistreated, there’s a system in place that’s supposed to make sure incidents are flagged and followed up.

But instead of reviewing all these cases, the regulator has been “bulk closing” them in the thousands, sometimes without even the most basic assessment.

Staff say this is leading to further neglect, abuse and even preventable death, as major risks go unnoticed.

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on why the aged care regulator hasn’t been doing its job properly – and how people are suffering as a result.

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Asylum seekers in the UK may face a new fate once they arrive: being loaded onto an enormous 10,000-ton barge, floating in a port on the south coast of England.

It’s part of a new hardline-migration policy being rolled out by the British government, and it’s being sold to the public with a slogan that will sound familiar to Australians: ‘Stop the boats’.

Today, lawyer Madeline Gleeson from the Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, on how ideas from Australia led to Britain’s floating detention centre.

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Guest: Kaldor Centre for International Refugee Law at UNSW, Madeline Gleeson

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To this day, a war is still being waged against Indigenous Australians by a colonial state.

That is the vision sketched out by Senator Lidia Thorpe this week in a landmark speech.

She says a Voice to Parliament would simply be “window dressing” and an “insult” to the intelligence of Indigenous Australians still living under violent colonisation.

So is a Voice to Parliament really an extension of Australia’s shameful past? Or could it help overcome that trauma?

Today, contributor to The Saturday Paper Daniel James, on why it’s important to listen to Lidia Thorpe – even if you’re voting Yes.

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After the axing of the illegal robo-debt scheme, there were promises of reform in the welfare system to make it lawful, fair and transparent.

It’s since been revealed that the same type of bad maths that underpinned robo-debt has been used elsewhere at Centrelink.

More than 100,000 welfare recipients have been affected, with some even facing prosecution for inaccurate debts.

The revelations point to deep structural problems in the administration of our welfare system, years before robo-debt was even an idea.

So who was responsible and what damage has it caused?

Today, senior reporter for The Saturday Paper Rick Morton on why Services Australia can’t get welfare right.

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For the first time ever, Australia has reached the final four of a World Cup.

Tonight, the Matildas face some familiar foes when they go up against England in Sydney.

Many in the Matildas squad play club football in England, and in some cases they’ll be going toe-to-toe with their club teammates.

So, will close knowledge and home advantage give Australia the edge to defeat the European champions?

Today, Fox Sports News presenter and women's sports advocate Sam Squiers, on the battle ahead for the Matildas.

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