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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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