8 Oct 2023

Natasha Frost: Australia Update

From Sunday Morning, 11:05 am on 8 October 2023

11:05 Natasha Frost: Australia Update

New Zealander Natasha Frost is the New York Times’ correspondent in Melbourne. She joins us with the latest from across the Tasman.

(FILES) Tourists stand under an Aboriginal and Australian national flag located on the top of the Sydney Harbour Bridge on September 27, 2023, ahead of the upcoming "Voice" referendum. A referendum aimed at elevating the rights of Indigenous Australians has instead triggered a torrent of racist slurs and abuse, with toxic debate spreading online and in the media. The October 14 vote will decide whether to finally recognise First Nation peoples in the constitution as Australia's first inhabitants. (Photo by DAVID GRAY / AFP)

Photo: DAVID GRAY

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