Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muenzaniso weRepublican, pamwe chete nechikumbiro chehurukuro itsva yeBumbiro iyo ingadai yakabatanidza "kukudza" kwevaAborigine uye Torres Strait Islander vanhu, yakaiswa ku
referendamu asi haina kubudirira. Muna 1999, Paramende yeAustralia yakatumira Motion of Reconciliation yakanyorwa naMutungamiri weHurumende John Howard achibvunzana naAboriginal Senator Aden Ridgeway achidana kubatwa zvisina kunaka kwevaAborigine veAustralia se "chitsauko chakashata munhoroondo yenyika yedu", kunyange zvazvo Howard akaramba kupa ruregerero rwepamutemo.