Thousands of people — including a significant number of First Nations Australians — will be prevented from voting on the referendum to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament if amendments to the referendum machinery bill are voted down in the Senate.
People serving a sentence of more than three years in prison are not eligible to vote in federal elections or referendumsThe Greens are putting forward a change to the referendum machinery bill, to allow incarcerated people to vote in the referendum to allow an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
ABS data from last year shows around 42,000 people are in prison in Australia, and around 13,000 of them are Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, although the length of their sentences is not indicated. Greens spokesperson for Indigenous affairs Senator Dorinda Cox says the government has a responsibility to allow as many people as possible to vote.
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