Traditional owners on South Australia's Eyre Peninsula say a Federal Court ruling stopping a plan to build a radioactive waste dump is a positive outcome for all Australians. The Australian Conservation Foundation has welcomed the decision and hopes the federal government does not appeal it.

In coming months, every Australian household will receive two pamphlets in their letterbox laying out both cases in the Voice to Parliament Referendum. The Australian Electoral Commission will send out more than 12-million pamphlets laying out the Yes and No cases, which will eventually be translated in to 55 languages.

A new national initiative has been launched which is looking to fill the gaps in genomic data for First Nations Australians. This data is vital in developing personalised treatments for a range of chronic diseases. But the lack of genomic data for First Nations or non-white peoples is actually a global problem.

Later this year, Australians will take part in a referendum where they will be asked to vote YES or NO in answer to the question: Do you support a change to the constitution to recognise the first peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice? But what exactly is the Voice, and what are the arguments for and against it?