Recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution: Why? Who Benefits?

Recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution: Why? Who Benefits? by Chris Dawson.

A constitution is a set of rules to run the nation — the operations manual, not the birth certificate. It is certainly not the document in which to embed racial discrimination.

My grand-daughter is an ‘indigenous’ Australian, as they define it, whereas I am not, so I took a closer look. Who is defined as ‘indigenous’ and how do you qualify?

Turns out it’s all a bit arbitrary. Read it all.