Reports of racist rhetoric rise as pollsters predict that, on Oct. 14, Australians will reject a plan to add an elected Indigenous advisory body to the federal Parliament
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese sits with Indigenous leaders on Oct. 10 at Uluru Kata Tjuta National Park, the site where, eight years earlier, advocates released the 'Uluru Statement from the Heart' printed in front of them. That statement called for a new Indigenous elected body in Parliament.
13YARN, a crisis support line for First Nations people, said the number of callers reporting instances of abuse, racism and trauma had increased 108 per cent compared with last year, with a major spike in calls overall as more Indigenous people turn to the service for support. “Changing our constitution to enshrine a Voice will take our country backwards, not forwards,” he added. “It will have an Orwellian effect where all Australians are equal, but some Australians are more equal than others.”
Indigenous Australians have a life expectancy on average 10 years shorter than the rest of the population, and face far higher rates of incarceration, suicide and child mortality. Since 2009, the Australian government has released annual ““The progressive No argument is right in a lot of ways, we do deserve better, this is a very modest reform,” said Ms. Delaney.
Mr. Hamm said the referendum had exposed the gulf between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, comparing the situation to a vote in 2017 on same-sex marriage, which passed with strong support. “People knew gay people, they had family members or friends who are gay,” he said. “Not many people know Aboriginal people in this country.”
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