The fate of future generations is in the balance

‘A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this proposed alteration?’

Australians will vote ‘Yes’ or ‘No’ on this question in late 2023, and it will be their first referendum since 1999 when they were asked if they supported Australia becoming a republic. That was 23 years ago, almost a quarter of a century.