An Indigenous senator in Australia was targeted with threats and racial abuses in a video on social media, just days before the country votes in a referendum on whether to constitutionally recognise its Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.
Australians will vote on Oct 14, asked if they support a change to the constitution to include a "Voice to Parliament", an Indigenous committee to advise parliament on matters affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.
"Where is my support? Where is my protection in this country?" Thorpe asked during a news conference in Melbourne.The video has since been taken down. Australian Federal Police said it was investigating the matter. Supporters of the Voice referendum, the "Yes" campaigners, say the proposal unites the nation and give much-needed recognition to the 65,000 year-old Aboriginal culture, while the opposite "No" campaigners either argue that it hands excessive powers to the Indigenous body or that it will be toothless.
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