Australian opposition opposes Indigenous body in parliament FMTNews FMTWorld
Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people track below national averages on most socio-economic measures.
The move comes after the centre-left Labor government moved a bill last week to hold a national referendum, the first step towards enshrining an independent advisory body for Indigenous people in the constitution by setting up an Indigenous “Voice to Parliament”. Dutton, however, said his party supported changing the constitution to recognise Indigenous people by other means.
Making up about 3.2% of Australia’s near 26 million population, the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people track below national averages on most socio-economic measures. They were marginalised by British colonial rulers and were not granted voting rights until the 1960s.
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