Indigenous people have long spoken about coercive practices of officials and experts around birth control, as late as the 1960s. Now historians are finding evidence in the government’s own records.
It is notoriously difficult for referendums to succeed in Australia – but there are lessons from those that have gone before about how to improve their chances.
With the drive for a consensus on the Voice to Parliament causing anger on the Right wing, Dr Lee Duffield inquires if it is old-style racism come back to spoil the day.