In a recent Australian Book Review essay titled ‘A Referendum in Trouble’, history professor Bain Attwood compares the 1967 referendum, when Australians overwhelmingly voted to support Indigenous rights, with the forthcoming referendum to change the constitution and establish a First Nations Voice - where polls indicate the ‘yes’ vote will struggle to even get a bare majority.

Attwood says the huge changes in Australians’ views on race, rights and history since 1967 are a factor.  

Guest: Bain Attwood, Professor of History, Monash University