The New Yorker

The Failure of Australia’s Attempt to Create an Indigenous Voice to Parliament

Australia’s constitution, which was completed in 1898, and is based on the U.S. Constitution, has been changed eight times—out of forty-five attempts. Amending it is difficult, but not nearly as ...
The New York Times

Referendum Seeks to Mend the Open Wound at Australia’s Heart

The new prime minister is seeking support for an Aboriginal Voice to Parliament. Here’s what it would entail, and why it faces an uncertain path. By Yan Zhuang MELBOURNE, Australia — When Capt. James ...
Refinery29

93 Words, 1 Monumental Change: The Context, History & Impact Of The Voice To Parliament

Sana Nakata is an Associate Professor and Principal Research Fellow at the James Cook University Indigenous Education & Research Centre. In this article, Nakata explains the long road that generations ...
The Conversation

The more you know: people with better understanding of Australia’s colonial history more likely to support moving Australia Day

There have been calls to change the date of Australia Day/Invasion Day since as far back as 1938. January 26 marks the day in 1788 when the First Fleet landed in Australia to establish the colony of ...
CNN

Question revealed for Australia’s first referendum in 24 years

Australians have learned the question they’ll be asked later this year in the country’s first referendum in 24 years, a vote deemed so significant that the Prime Minister paused to gather his emotions ...