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Fresh calls for Indigenous recognition in Constitution

A new information kit has been produced by an activist group to help promote constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.

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The information kit has been developed by the group, You Me Unity, formed to raise public awareness about the proposal.

It comes after the deferral - due to a lack of public support - of a next year's planned referendum on the proposal.

You Me Unity's Misha Schubert spoke to Santilla Chingaipe about the importance of officially recognising Indigenous Australians' ancient connection with the country.

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“It's time for us to make our constitution to reflect our values which have been in place for a long time,” she said.

She said while there was still a lot of work to be done to build greater awareness in the community, there was growing support for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torre Strait Islander people.


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