Retiree Patrick Oliver, 70, sits on the front porch of his home, ahead of a nationwide referendum on Indigenous issues, in Hermannsburg, Australia, September 15 2023. On the porch of the house he shares with 15 relatives, Oliver told Reuters he only heard about the Voice two months earlier and wanted to know how it could help the community of about 600. "Things like the Land Rights Act, will that change with the Voice? That's something I have been wondering about," he said, referring to laws allowing Indigenous Australians to claim rights to land based on traditional occupation. Across the street, several burned-out cars lay abandoned, a monument to the town's challenges. "There are no jobs here anymore ... kids are running wild," Oliver said. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
