Sentences with phrase «preamble referendum question»
It's Got Legal Problems — the Preamble referendum question is misleading and there is much debate about what the legal effect of the Preamble will be.
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In direct contrast to the 1967 referendum, the question on the proposed preamble in the 1999 referendum was characterised by political disunity.
This group resolved that a separate referendum question should be put on a new preamble at the same time as any referendum on the republic, and that such a preamble should recognise «Aboriginal peoples and Torres Strait Islanders as the original inhabitants of Australia who enjoy with all other Australians fundamental human rights».
Angered by a lack of broader consultation, Indigenous leaders, after a national telephone conference held in August, called for the proposed question on the draft preamble to be dropped from the referendum.