Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Muna Gumiguru 2007, nguva pfupi kusati kwashevedzwa sarudzo yemubatanidzwa, Mutungamiriri wehurumende panguva iyoyo, John Howard, akaongororazve pfungwa yekuunza referendamu yekutsvaga kuzivikanwa kwevaAborigine veAustralia muBumbiro (hurumende yake yakambotsvaga kuisa kuzivikanwa kwevaAborigine muKutanga kweBumbiro mu
1999 referendamu yeAustralia). Chiziviso chake chakaonekwa navamwe sokugamuchirwa kunoshamisa kwekukosha kwezvinhu zvekufananidzira zvekuyananisa, uye maitiro akavhengana. The Australian Labor Party pakutanga akatsigira pfungwa; Zvisinei Kevin Rudd akabvisa rutsigiro ichi pamberi sarudzo, kuwana kutsiura kubva muratidziri Noel Pearson.