Australia is seeking to give more recognition to its Aboriginal people. Read more at straitstimes.com.
in Parliament, when it meets on Monday for the first time this year.
A poll by The Australian newspaper released on Monday showed 56 per cent of voters supported the change in the Constitution, with 37 per cent opposing it. “It might just make some people’s lives, some of the most disadvantaged people in our country, their lives better.” The federal opposition Liberal Party has not yet backed the referendum but a group, which includes some prominent Indigenous Australians and lawmakers, have launched a campaign against it.
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