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Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum on Oct. 14 to constitutionally recognise its Indigenous people through the establishment of a representative body that can provide non-binding...
Omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Australia is voting in a landmark referendum to decide whether it will permanently recognize Indigenous Australians in the Constitution and set up a body to advise on policies impacting their communities. More than 17.6 million Australians are called on to cast their ballots in the compulsory vote on Oct. 14. The proposal would see an advisory body elected by and made up of Indigenous Australians. It would have no veto power to make laws but would be able to directly consult parliament and the government. “For as long as this continent has been coloni...
No injunction granted, but ruling appears to be a win for First Nations
September 27 1973 Swift reaction to an SDLP call for an all-party conference on October 8 to stay together until they reached agreement on the setting up of a Council of Ireland, the phasing out of internment, and the future policing of Northern Ireland and to form an Assembly Executive, came last night from Mr William Whitelaw, the Secretary of State.
No injunction granted, but ruling appears to be a win for First Nations