Lunchbox/Soapbox: Gregory Phillips on The Republic and Aboriginal Peoples
What should an inclusive, modern
Australian nation-state look like? With
Australians generally disengaged from the political system and
Aboriginal peoples not properly included in the first place, the
Republic movement is perhaps the perfect avenue to address some of these issues.
Anthropologist and lecturer in
Aboriginal health
Gregory Phillips argues that if we are to resolve the big picture concerns of sustainability (economic and environmental) and national identity (our place in the region and world), the viewpoints of
Indigenous voters must be incorporated into the political conversation. In order to move forward and adopt a more inclusive and effective system of government that brings black and white voters into synchronicity, an
Australian Republic must be considered as the most v
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