Turnbull's Indigenous referendum response condemned

By Fergus Hunter
Updated November 6 2017 - 10:28pm, first published 10:21pm
The Aboriginal flag flying over Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 6 September 2017. Fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
The Aboriginal flag flying over Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 6 September 2017. Fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Almost 1000 academics, civil society groups, lawyers and charities have condemned the Turnbull government's rejection of a constitutionally-enshrined Indigenous "Voice to Parliament", expressing concern about the "devastatingly negative effects" of governments continually imposing their will on Indigenous people.

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