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The Weekend Read: Mark McKenna on ‘The Stunted Country’

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The Constitution, Like Australia Day, Is Stacked Up

For morrison, the thumbs up man who loves all australia's history, the constitution is stitched up. It requires no rethinking. His constitution and his country are already complete. Even malcolm turnbull wasn't willing to support substantive change that would enshrine an indigenous voice to parliament. In the midst of Morrison's entransigence, i spoke with uen elder osi cruz and jurengan uen spokes person warren foster. Both cruze and Foster argued that indigenous sovereignty had never been extinguished,. That the constitution was foisted on them without their consent. So how come they think they've got jurisdiction over us? If australians are

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