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Jennifer Hewett

Indigenous recognition is already looking difficult

Scott Morrison faces the dangerous prospect of failure as he tries to convince his fractious Coalition colleagues and a majority of Australians to back constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians.

It didn’t take long for the culture wars to be reignited – and not just on religious freedoms. Scott Morrison told a gathering of the Hillsong religious community this week that this country needs “more love and less judgment”.

He will not only have to persuade some of his more fractious Coalition colleagues of this when it comes to constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.

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Jennifer Hewett is the national affairs columnist. She writes a daily column on politics, business and the economy. Connect with Jennifer on Twitter. Email Jennifer at jennifer.hewett@afr.com

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