Overcoming barriers Australia’s Digital ID Bill imposes on proof of Aboriginality

It's been broadly discussed that Australia's pending Digital ID Bill will have implications for how finance, business, and travel are carried out. What has been less discussed is what implications it will have on racially marginalized groups, namely the Aboriginal population.

Federal law only started applying to Aboriginal Australians in 1967 once they began being counted in Australia's population. The demographic group remains unmentioned in the nation's constitution. A 2023 referendum would have recognized Aboriginals in the constitution and given …

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