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Damien Freeman

Lessons from Our Failure to Build a Constitutional Bridge in the 2023 Referendum by Frank Brennan & The End of Settlement by Damien Freeman

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September 2024, no. 468
Dominic Kelly reviews ‘Lessons from Our Failure to Build a Constitutional Bridge in the 2023 Referendum’ and ‘The End of Settlement: Why the 2023 referendum failed’

It was no surprise, in the end, when the October 2023 referendum on the constitutional enshrinement of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice was comprehensively defeated, given the concerted opposition of the Liberal-National Coalition. The history of Australian referendums is clear: bipartisan support is a necessary precondition for constitutional change.

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