Australia’s second-longest serving prime minister John Howard said that the country is “lucky” to have been colonised by the Britishers.
He made these remarks in reference to the upcoming referendum that is due to take place this year to give the Indigenous Australians Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders a constitutional right to be consulted by the government on laws that impact them.
If the referendum gets through, Australia's First Peoples will have a greater say over the laws and policies that affect them.