The Voice is aimed at giving Australia’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policies that effect their lives.
But opinion polls suggest most Australians do not, and that the nation’s first referendum since 1999 will fail.
Voice opponents include conservatives who argue the change is too radical, progressives who argue the change is not radical enough, and people who exhibit blatant racism.
Indigenous Australians account for 3.8% of Australia’s population.
Statistically, Indigenous Australians die around eight years younger than the wider community.
Persons:
—, Robert French, “, ”, ” French, Ian Callinan, Callinan’s, Sen, Lidia Thorpe, Thorpe, Anthony Albanese, ” Thorpe, Albanese
Organizations:
High Court, National Press Club, Voice, Court, Nazi
Locations:
CANBERRA, Australia