Migrants should not have constitutional recognition alongside first Australians

Liberal MP Ian Goodenough wants migrants to be recognised in our constitution along with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. He’s wrong

The federal Liberal MP Ian Goodenough has got it wrong.

He wants successive waves of migrants to be recognised in our constitution alongside Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people because, he says, they, too, are Australians, and have made a unique contribution to Australia.

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