Australian Constitutional Proposals Will Worsen Aboriginal Oppression
Submitted on February 3, 2012
By Mike Head - WSWS
A 22-person panel appointed by the Gillard [Labor] government released a report last month proposing changes to the Australian constitution that would purportedly give the federal government new powers for the “advancement” of indigenous people. Far from addressing the appalling social conditions of ordinary indigenous Australians, the amendments would authorize the imposition of regressive programs that will only worsen the plight of Aboriginal people.
