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Changing the Australian Constitution is not easy. But we need to stop thinking it's impossible

  • Written by: Anne Twomey, Professor of Constitutional Law, University of Sydney

Supporters of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament have celebrated the commitment of the new Albanese government to put the issue to a referendum. But is government support enough?

It’s a start, but the road to referendum success is a hard one, as it was always meant to be.

The Constitution was meant to be hard to change

When the Constitution...

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