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If we give indigenous Australians special rights, how about indigenous Germans?

By Dan Hannan
Published August 14, 2023 12:13pm ET
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If we give indigenous Australians special rights, how about indigenous Germans?
Aboriginal man Josh Sly of the Muggera Dancers prepares a fire for a smoking ceremony at the start of an Invasion Day rally in Sydney, on Jan. 26, 2023. The Australian government on Thursday, March 23, 2023, released the wording of a referendum question that promises the nation’s Indigenous population a greater say on policies that effect their lives.


Does being the first to reach a piece of land give you special rights? And are those rights collective and inherited? That is the question Australians are gearing up to answer in a referendum.

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