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Only eight out of 45 constitutional referendums have succeeded in Australia. Why are we so reluctant to change our constitution? Much ink has been spilled in attempting to answer this question.
“This rock is an awesome feature,” says James, a ranger of the Anangu people in central Australia. “It’s a story book.” The story may be about to get longer. James is standing at the ...
Megan Davis found an old copy of the Australian Constitution at the back of a book when she was a girl. Thirty years later, she wants to change it to give the Voice to her people.
Australia’s Constitution isn’t that hard to change The majority of the 44 attempts to change Australia’s Constitution involved taking power from the states and giving it to the Commonwealth.
On Oct. 14, Australians voted down the “Voice to Parliament” referendum, which would have enshrined a voice for the First Nations in Australia’s Constitution. But even if it had passed, the ...
Constitution can change, and together we can change nation for the better Constitutional recognition for First Nations people will transform lives because it will be born from the agency of ...
Home Affairs Minister Clare O’Neil condemned the seven judges for unanimously ordering the release of nearly 150 immigration detainees who had been incarcerated illegally for years.
Each fall, I teach a seminar called Recent Books on the Constitution. I initially designed this course when I visited Georgetown in 2005. At that time, because I tend to read what relates directly ...
The government and the Referendum Working Group also announced the proposed wording that will be altered in the Australian Constitution if a 'yes' vote is successful.
Author Christopher Newman says the Australian Constitution was “under threat” with the Voice to Parliament referendum. Mr Newman is the author of the book, 'Fraud, Plunder, Treason, and our ...
The companies of the ASX 200 are working to change the Australian Constitution – our national rule book that binds us all – in a way more than half of all Australians say they now oppose.