Australia doubles down on colonization via a referendum

Indigenous Peoples in Australia and Canada share the experience of colonization: the majority making laws over the minority.

Australia's coat of arms at the country's Parliament House in Canberra. Australia voted against a Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders on Oct. 14, but marginalized peoples' rights should not be put to a vote in the first place, writes Rose LeMay.Wikimedia Commons photograph

Opinion

BY ROSE LEMAY

October 16, 2023

OTTAWA—On Oct. 14, Australia voted on a referendum to include a Voice for First Nations to their Parliament and changing their constitution. Australia voted against the inclusion of Indigenous Peoples.

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