The Australian Sex Party supports the abolition of the British Monarch as Australia’s constitutional Head of State and the establishment of an independent, sovereign republic with an Australian Head of State.

INTRODUCTION: Proposals for the establishment of an Indigenous advisory body within the Australian Constitution are genuinely innovative and exciting. Designing such a body is a challenge. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians have long sought better political representation. Indigenous Australians constitute approximately 3 per cent of the population, therefore—even with proportionate reserved seats—such a micro-minority...

The normative principle of the right to self-determination has been adopted as the legal right underpinning Indigenous polities’ human rights worldwide. This paper is on Indigenous peoples’ right to self-determination and its exercise through democratic participation.

Referendums have become synonymous with failure in Australia, even when initial polling shows great support for a proposed change. Regardless of whether the stigma is warranted, this history is having a negative impact on the push to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution. The figures are well known: 44 referendums have been put to the...

On 28 November 2012, the Parliament agreed that a Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples be appointed to inquire into and report on steps that can be taken to progress towards a successful referendum on Indigenous constitutional recognition.