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When Australia heads to the polls in a couple of weeks, 1 in 5 Indigenous people who are eligible to vote won’t be enrolled and won’t be able to cast a ballot.
60 years after First Nations people won the right to vote in Australia, why is access to democracy still a challenge?
Today, producer for 7am Ruby Schwartz travels to remote Australia to find out why some people are more enrolled than others.
Guest: Producer for 7am, Ruby Schwartz.
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