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11 August 2026

The long shadow of the Voice referendum: How ‘race’ re-entered Australian public discourse

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The long shadow of the Voice referendum: How ‘race’ re-entered Australian public discourse

The “No” campaign helped popularise the notion of white victimhood and “reverse racism” in parts of the Australian community and, in so doing, further opened the door to a racially grounded definition ...

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