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Everything you Need to Know About the Referendum to Recognise Indigenous Australians
This book explains everything that Australians need to know about the proposal to recognise Aboriginal peoples in the Constitution.
It details how our Constitution was drafted, and shows how Aboriginal peoples came to be excluded from the new political settlement. It explains what the 1967 referendum – in which over 90% of Australians voted to delete discriminatory references to Aboriginal people from the Constitution - achieved and why discriminatory racial references remain.
With clarity and authority the book shows the symbolic and legal power of such a change and how we might get there. Concise and clear, it is written by two of the best-known experts in the country on matters legal, indigenous and constitutional. Recognise is essential reading on what should be a watershed occasion for our nation.
Available from all good book stores including UNSW Bookshop, Bookworld, Booktopia, Gleebooks and Readings. The ebook is available from Apple, Kobo
It details how our Constitution was drafted, and shows how Aboriginal peoples came to be excluded from the new political settlement. It explains what the 1967 referendum – in which over 90% of Australians voted to delete discriminatory references to Aboriginal people from the Constitution - achieved and why discriminatory racial references remain.
With clarity and authority the book shows the symbolic and legal power of such a change and how we might get there. Concise and clear, it is written by two of the best-known experts in the country on matters legal, indigenous and constitutional. Recognise is essential reading on what should be a watershed occasion for our nation.
Available from all good book stores including UNSW Bookshop, Bookworld, Booktopia, Gleebooks and Readings. The ebook is available from Apple, Kobo
159 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 1, 2015
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November 1, 2015
Digestible & clear take on the necessary steps needed to amend Australia's constitution to recognise indigenous Australians. I enjoyed the short historical context into how the constitution was formed & also some of the myths around what it means to change it. Fingers crossed we can get those essential 5 ingredients the book talks about to ensure Australians vote unequivocally 'YES'
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