The Past Simple and the Present Perfect Tense

In 2016, the Indigenous community made up about 2.8% of Australia's population. The phrase Indigenous peoples refers to two main groups in Australia - Aboriginal Australians and inhabitants of the Torres Strait islands. Even though they have always represented a big part of the population, until 1962, the Indigenous peoples did not have the right to vote. In this example we can see an example of the present perfect and the past simple tense. We are going to be focusing on the difference between the past simple and the present perfect tense.