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Quick questions on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Legal and Political System - TCE Legal Studies (Tasmania)
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What is the 1967 referendum?Show answer
The 1967 referendum was a major turning point. It passed with about 91 per cent national support, the highest yes vote in Australian history. It removed the words excluding the Aboriginal race from section 51(xxvi), allowing the Commonwealth to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and it deleted section 127 so they would be counted in the census. The referendum did not, as is sometimes thought, grant the right to vote; that had already been provided by Commonwealth legislation in 1962.
What are continuing issues?Show answer
Despite these advances, significant issues remain in the legal and political system:
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