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Burney won’t be drawn on when the full details for the proposal will be made public saying she is “not going to get ahead and the Government will not get ahead of the working group”.

On whether this detail will be provided before the referendum, Burney says Australia’s “will be well informed and they will understand the reason for the Voice.”

The Voice – the notion is not just about Aboriginal people, it’s about us as a nation finally having in constitutional recognition.”

Burney is asked about the attacks on her by Senator Jacinta Price, she says there is “so much support” for the Voice out in the community.

What’s important to me is that this Voice is about representing First Nations people to the Parliament, to the Executive Government, for better outcomes and bringing this country together in an extraordinary moment of truth-telling.

Burney says she is confident that when a referendum comes to a vote in a year the answer will be “yes”:

I am confident in the Australian people and I believe if the Australian people fully understand the need for this Voice, the powerlessness, as described in the Uluru Statement of First Nations people, and an enormous sense of fairness, I believe the vote will be “yes”.

Burney: voice will have no power to veto parliament

Burney is asked whether the voice will issue a statement on all bills that come before parliament explaining whether it was consulted and what advice was provided in how it was drafted.

Burney stresses that the body will have no power to veto the actions of parliament and its role will be advisory.

It will also not have a program delivery function. I think those things are really important to make sure the voice is available to the parliament and to the executive government for advice, and that advice can be sought and given.

Speers presses Burney on whether the body will be consulted on each individual bill and how it will work.

Burney says her view is that it will be consulted on any issues that affect First Nations people and will give effect to basic principles of self determination.

There is no question, David, that what we have been doing is not working. There is still overcrowding, there is still communities in this country that don’t have clean water.

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Let’s take, for example, the fact that there is going to be a standalone First Nations domestic violence plan. It would be important to me that the voice is very much involved in advising, working alongside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory committee on that, to make sure that what is in the plan reflects what First Nations people are saying about the issue of domestic violence, for example.

Let’s think about the fact that we are going to be moving towards a standalone First Nations, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage plan. Fundamental issues of that would be advised by the voice, alongside with the alliance of First Nations people and cultural heritage. There is no doubt that what happened at Juukan Gorge cannot happen again.

‘Enormous amounts of work’ at state and territory levels

Speers is trying to tease out more details of the voice, but Burney is being careful not to reveal too much. Asked about whether there will be local voices, Burney says consultation is still under way.

There is enormous amounts of work going on at state and territory levels which has to be part of where we head nationally. I see what’s going on in, for example, legislation about to go into the South Australian parliament to create a voice there. There is a First Nations assembly in Victoria.

Those things will inform, and I think, enhance a national voice. What this national voice is about is very straightforward. It is about improving the lives and the outcomes which are completely unacceptable at the moment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but it will also be about telling the truth in our nation’s birth certificate and recognising that this country has the extraordinary gift of 65,000 years.

Burney is asked whether “there are any matters that don’t relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people”?

This voice is about improving the life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. It doesn’t matter what you choose, whether it’s housing, whether it’s incarceration, whether it’s educational outcomes, whether it’s domestic violence rates – all of those things will be informed by this voice, including importantly cultural issues, the fact that there is going to be a move towards a standalone cultural heritage act, things like a standalone domestic violence strategy for Aboriginal people – these are the things that the Voice will absolutely inform.

Burney ‘won’t get ahead’ of voice working group

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney says she “won’t get ahead” of the efforts of a working group working on a proposed model for an Indigenous voice to parliament. Burney says those working on its design are “being very deliberate and being very careful” about the proposal being developed.

This is not something that has come out of nowhere. This has been talked about for generations with First Nations people.

Burney says the government and the parliament will decide what the final design will be.

There is some very well ventilated principles that have been agreed to that will inform the design of the voice. Things like it will be representative, things like it will be accountable and transparent. It will have gender parity, it will represent Torres Strait Islanders, it will have young people and, most importantly, it will be a representative body chosen by Aboriginal communities and not usurp existing organisations.

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney is speaking to David Speers on Insiders this morning. We will bring you the latest as it happens.

‘We did everything we could’

A tearful Socceroos midfielder Jackson Irvine said he was proud of the team despite its loss to world No 3 Argentina.

We did everything we could to give ourselves a chance in the game. When Argentina are celebrating like this, victory against Australia, it shows what kind of opposition we gave them.

A story in three tweets

Supporters packed into the park, forcing police to close off access and saying it was “full” but the mood turned sombre as Argentina scored their second in the second half.

A story in three tweets:

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Disappointment and pride

Disappointment weighed heavy on crowds at the Socceroos viewing party in Darling Harbour this morning, after the team lost 2-1 to Argentina.

It was Australia’s first knockout match since 2006, and Sydney marked it with a huge turnout at the hastily organised public viewing sites.

Flares were sparked soon into the second half, thrown around the crowd, as they cheered and jeered to every tackle, and with Australia’s goal celebrated ecstatically.

Joshua Ciscato said it was “pure ecstasy” when the Socceroos scored, and that he was ultimately proud of their performance.

“It was a solid performance, they did us proud, but we were ecstatic when we scored. I couldn’t even see the screen, it was just limbs everywhere.

“The atmosphere here has been beautiful, and the setup here is pretty good, I’m just not sure why they didn’t have this for the group stage matches as well.”

Good morning

And welcome to another Sunday morning Guardian live blog.

Massive crowds gathered at Federation Square and in Darling Harbour have been devastated as the Socceroos crashed out of their most successful World Cup run since 2006. Australia lost 2-1 to Argentina in a dramatic game that saw the Socceroos stage a last-ditch comeback.

Thousands of fans gathered in Federation Square in Melbourne during the early hours of Sunday morning where they let off flares in anticipation while Sydney Opera House lit up its sails in green and gold. Australia’s win over Denmark marked its second-ever appearance in the round of 16, forcing cities across the country to make bigger public spaces available for crowds looking to watch the game.

But hopes of a win against Argentina dimmed when Lionel Messi and Julián Álvarez scored two goals in the first half. Australia didn’t give in, fight back in a dramatic second half Craig Goodwin scoring his second goal of the World Cup in the final 10 minutes. Darling Harbour and Fed Square erupted into chaos as fans held out hope for a comeback but it was not to be.

I’m Royce Kurmelovs, taking the blog through the morning. With so much going on out there, it’s easy to miss stuff, so if you spot something happening in Australia and think it should be on the blog, you can find me on Twitter at @RoyceRk2 where my DMs are open.

With that, let’s get started …

source: theguardian.com