Australian voters’ divisions, indifference doom Indigenous referendum
Sydney, AustraliaReuters Upbeat polls and big-name endorsements greeted Australia’s referendum campaign for Indigenous reconciliation when it kicked off in earnest just seven months ago, raising hopes for a historic change to the constitution. But by the time votes were counted this weekend in the country’s first referendum in nearly 25 years, the proposal for a […]
ESSAY: SAME-SEX MARRIAGE IS MORE COMPLEX THAN THE YES CAMPAIGN ADMITS
In an article first published by Australia’s ABC, PETER KURTI, research fellow at the Centre for Independent Studies, argues that legalising same-sex marriage is far more complex than just changing a few words in an Act of Parliament…