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From Our Own Correspondent

Australia’s Indigenous referendum

From Our Own Correspondent

BBC

News, News Commentary

4.41.3K Ratings

🗓️ 12 October 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Kate Adie presents stories from Australia, Poland, the US, Cameroon and Cape Verde. Australians are voting in a historic referendum on whether or not to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the country’s constitution, and create a body that can advise governments on issues affecting their communities. After months of campaigning voters are bitterly divided, as Katy Watson found out. Poland’s upcoming election could result in an unprecedented third consecutive term for the incumbent right-wing populist government. Adam Easton travels to the Polish countryside to find out why the government remains popular. The suburbs of Phoenix, Arizona’s state capital, are among the fastest-growing in America. As brand new homes and offices spring up, there’s a problem developing beneath them. Mark Moran reports from a desert state that is running out of groundwater. The Ngonnso statue, held in the collection of a Berlin museum, holds cultural and spiritual significance for the Nso people of Cameroon. Kim Chakanetsa meets the activist who successfully campaigned for the Ngonnso’s repatriation. And October marks the end of the nesting and hatching season for Cape Verde’s loggerhead sea turtles. Rob Crossan takes a night time walk along the beach to catch sight of one. Producer: Viv Jones Editor: Richard Fenton-Smith Production Coordinator: Gemma Ashman

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0:00.0

BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts

0:05.4

Today Poland's election on Sunday could result in an unprecedented third term for the incumbent

0:12.2

right-wing populist government.

0:14.7

We head to an apple orchard to hear how one farmer will cast his vote.

0:19.9

Phoenix Arizona is home to some of America's fastest growing suburbs, but as brand new

0:25.5

homes and officers spring up, there's a problem developing beneath them.

0:30.1

This desert state is running out of water.

0:33.6

The Ungornso statue, on display in a Berlin museum, holds spiritual significance for the

0:40.4

and so people of Cameroon.

0:43.1

We hear about one woman's very personal campaign to see the statue returned home.

0:49.8

On October marks the end of the nesting and hatching season for Cape Verde's log-ahead

0:55.0

sea turtles.

0:56.8

Our correspondent takes a nighttime walk along the beach to catch sight of one.

1:02.3

First, this weekend Australians go to the polls in a historic referendum on whether or

1:08.5

not to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the country's constitution

1:15.1

and create a body that can advise governments on issues affecting their communities.

1:21.2

This referendum was proposed as a way to try and unite the country, but after months of

1:26.4

campaigning from both sides, voters are bitterly divided as Katie Watson has found.

1:34.2

When you fly with Australia's airlines, on landing, you'll usually hear an announcement,

1:39.2

an acknowledgement to First Nations people paying respect to elders past, present and

1:44.6

emerging on whose land the airport's built.

1:48.0

And wherever you travel on after that, you'll find government bodies, businesses and organisations

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