SYDNEY : Two of Australia's top football codes on Thursday backed a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country's Indigenous population in a referendum, as latest opinion polls show public support for the government-backed plan dipping.In a full page statement published in The Sydney Morning Herald
SYDNEY : Two of Australia's top football codes on Thursday backed a proposal to constitutionally recognise the country's Indigenous population in a referendum, as latest opinion polls show public support for the government-backed plan dipping.
"If we are ever going to achieve true union as a nation, we must take every opportunity we have to close the gap which still separates so many of us," the statement said.
Making up about 3.2 per cent of Australia's 26 million population, Aboriginal people were marginalised by British colonial rulers and are not mentioned in the 122-year-old constitution. RA and the AFL join the National Rugby league , several AFL clubs, and other sports governing bodies like soccer's Football Australia, Tennis Australia and the Australian Olympic Committee in formalising support for Indigenous recognition through a referendum.
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