Land council worker Conrad Malcolm Ratara, 61, sits during an interview with Reuters at the Hermannsburg Historic Precinct, ahead of a nationwide referendum on Indigenous issues, in Hermannsburg, Australia, September 16, 2023. On October 14, Australians will vote on whether to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the constitution and enshrine in it an advisory body called the Voice to Parliament that would give non-binding advice to lawmakers on matters concerning the continent's first inhabitants. Ratara said officials needed to come to Hermannsburg to explain both sides of the debate. Ratara still intended to vote yes. Yet all he had received to date, he said, was a piece of paper about the referendum. "But I can't read," said Ratara. He said he feared the vote may be lost because many people simply don't understand it. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy
