race has no place

It’s understandable that some of Australia’s biggest companies including BHP, Rio Tinto, Lendlease, Qantas and Woolworths would support the Uluru Statement. Business leaders have a stake in the success of all Australians, just like everyone else does too. The opinion of Rio Tinto’s CEO, who lives in Sydney, on how to overcome Indigenous disadvantage is important, but it’s no more

The principle that all Australians should not be divided on the basis of their race or skin colour is a cornerstone of our freedoms and the rule of law. This clear principle — that race has no place in the Australian Constitution — is being ­undermined by a bipartisan campaign to divide Australians in our nation’s founding document by ­establishing

“The Morrison Government should commit to working with all Australians – and reverse its misconceived plans to divide Australians by race”, said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Minister for Indigenous Australians Ken Wyatt will this today pledge to “bring forward a consensus option” during this term of parliament to

All Australians are equal. Our legal status should not be determined by our skin colour or our race.   This clear principle is being undermined by a campaign to divide Australians in our nation’s founding document through the constitutional ‘recognition’ of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The ‘recognition’ agenda currently advocates for the establishment of a special body to represent

All Australians are equal. The legal status of Australians should not be decided according to their skin colour or race. Any proposal that seeks to establish a special “voice to Parliament” for some people and not others is radical, illiberal, and a violation of all principles of racial equality. Our nation’s founding document should not divide us. Australia has just

“The Morrison government must not hold a referendum which would ask Australians to divide themselves by race”, said Daniel Wild, Director of Research with the free market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs. Recent calls to amend the Constitution to enshrine an “Indigenous Voice” to Parliament have been made by a small number of large corporations, sections of the

On The Young IPA Podcast this week, James, Pete and Simon discussed Indigenous Recognition in the Constitution. Here’s what Simon had to say: “We think that equality means people should be treated the same under the Constitution” “It’s really important that principles we put in [The Constitution] are ones that stand the test of time. I think the idea that

Race has no place in the Australian Constitution.