The PM will meet Prince Charles at Government House on the 40th anniversary of the dismissal of Gough Whitlam. Meanwhile,citizenship legislation to strip dual nationals comes back to parliament. Follow the day’s news live … 1.19am GMTLike ships in the night. 1.17am GMTBipartisanship seems to be the main issue of the day, with the former prime minister, and Kevin Rudd,urging both major parties to work together to achieve constitutional recognition for Indigenous people.
Australia risks engaging in an hideous “political bunfight” with a “divisive” no campaign if a referendum to recognise Australia’s first peoples in the structure does not secure bipartisan support, he will say at a reconciliation speech to be delivered the Australian National University on Wednesday night.
The race demon has not yet been fully exorcised or expunged from our national soul. The world would conclude that the ghosts of White Australia had somehow returned in a different form.
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Source: theguardian.com