{"id":5333,"date":"2023-03-29T18:15:59","date_gmt":"2023-03-29T18:15:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=5333"},"modified":"2023-03-29T18:17:34","modified_gmt":"2023-03-29T18:17:34","slug":"referendum-proposal-to-be-submitted-to-australian-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/referendum-proposal-to-be-submitted-to-australian-parliament\/2023\/03\/29\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"Referendum Proposal to be Submitted to Australian Parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"

CANBERRA (Brussels Independent with AAP) By Dr. Majid Khan-A<\/span> proposal<\/span> to<\/span> amend<\/span> the<\/span> text<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Australian<\/span> Constitution<\/span> to<\/span> respect<\/span> the<\/span> voices<\/span> of<\/span> indigenous<\/span> peoples<\/span> is<\/span> before<\/span> Parliament.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Attorney<\/span> General<\/span> Mark<\/span> Dreyfuss<\/span> introduced<\/span> the<\/span> law<\/span> on<\/span> Thursday,<\/span> setting<\/span> the<\/span> stage<\/span> for<\/span> a<\/span> referendum<\/span> later<\/span> this<\/span> year.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Parliament<\/span> last<\/span> week<\/span> finalized<\/span> rules<\/span> for<\/span> referendum<\/span> information<\/span> and<\/span> distribution<\/span> of<\/span> political<\/span> contributions,<\/span> modernizing<\/span> the<\/span> law<\/span> last<\/span> used<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> republic<\/span> for<\/span> voting<\/span> in<\/span> 1999.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Mr<\/span> Dreyfus<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> legislation<\/span> would<\/span> give<\/span> Australians<\/span> the<\/span> power<\/span> to<\/span> amend<\/span> their<\/span> constitution<\/span> to<\/span> allow<\/span> Aborigines<\/span> and<\/span> Torres<\/span> Strait<\/span> Islanders<\/span> and<\/span> give<\/span> them<\/span> a<\/span> say<\/span> in<\/span> parliament.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>“All<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Australian<\/span> Parliament,<\/span> including<\/span> all<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Crossbench<\/span> and<\/span> all<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> Liberal<\/span> Party,<\/span> want<\/span> and<\/span> are<\/span> very<\/span> confident<\/span> there<\/span> will<\/span> be<\/span> support<\/span> for<\/span> this<\/span> referendum,”<\/span> he<\/span> said<\/span> Wednesday.<\/span> told<\/span> reporters.<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Anthony<\/span> Albanese,<\/span> along<\/span> with<\/span> members<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> government’s<\/span> Referendum<\/span> Working<\/span> Group,<\/span> unveiled<\/span> the<\/span> proposed<\/span> words<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> Australian<\/span> public<\/span> last<\/span> week.<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>The<\/span> suggested<\/span> questions<\/span> are:<\/span>
\n<\/span>“Legislative<\/span> Proposal:<\/span>
\n<\/span>Amending<\/span> the<\/span> Constitution<\/span> to<\/span> recognize<\/span> Australia’s<\/span> first<\/span> peoples<\/span> by<\/span> creating<\/span> a<\/span> voice<\/span> for<\/span> Aboriginal<\/span> and<\/span> Torres<\/span> Strait<\/span> Islander<\/span> peoples.<\/span> Do<\/span> you<\/span> agree<\/span> with<\/span> this<\/span> proposed<\/span> change?<\/span> \u201d<\/span>
\n<\/span>
\n<\/span>Opposition<\/span> leader<\/span> Peter<\/span> Dutton<\/span> has<\/span> yet<\/span> to<\/span> say<\/span> whether<\/span> the<\/span> Liberals<\/span> will<\/span> support<\/span> the<\/span> vote.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Since<\/span> the<\/span> proposed<\/span> language<\/span> was<\/span> published,<\/span> Mr.<\/span> Dutton<\/span> has<\/span> asked<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> to<\/span> publish<\/span> the<\/span> Attorney<\/span> General’s<\/span> advice<\/span> for<\/span> determining<\/span> whether<\/span> Boyce<\/span> will<\/span> provide<\/span> an<\/span> opinion<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> executive<\/span> branch.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Albanese<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> language<\/span> was<\/span> backed<\/span> by<\/span> leading<\/span> constitutional<\/span> experts,<\/span> including<\/span> former<\/span> High<\/span> Court<\/span> Chief<\/span> Justice<\/span> Robert<\/span> French<\/span> and<\/span> academic<\/span> Anne<\/span> Toomey.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

CANBERRA (Brussels Independent with AAP) By Dr. Majid Khan-A proposal to amend the text of the Australian Constitution to respect the voices of indigenous peoples is before Parliament. Attorney General Mark Dreyfuss introduced the law on Thursday, setting the stage for a referendum later this year. Parliament last week finalized rules for referendum information and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,1566],"tags":[2310,2523,2526,2528,2529,2549,2920,2921,2922,158,2923,1574,2924,1604,1605,1606,1611,1620],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/30.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5333"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5334,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5333\/revisions\/5334"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5335"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}