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=== Australia === In Australia, [[Aboriginal Australians|Aboriginal]] lawyer [[Noel Pearson]] is building an explicitly radical centrist movement among Aboriginal people.<ref>Pearson, Noel (7 September 2010). "[http://www.partnerships.org.au/Library/Radical_Centre.htm Nights When I Dream of a Better World: Moving from the Centre-Left to the Radical Centre of Australian Politics]". The 2010 John Button Oration. Retrieved 31 December 2016.</ref> The movement is seeking more assistance from the Australian state, but is also seeking to convince individual Aboriginal people to take more responsibility for their lives.<ref>Pearson, Noel (21 April 2007). "[http://capeyorkpartnership.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Hunt-for-the-radical-centre_070421.pdf Hunt for the Radical Centre] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170326142603/http://capeyorkpartnership.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Hunt-for-the-radical-centre_070421.pdf |date=26 March 2017 }}". ''The Australian''. Reproduced on the Cape York Partnership website. Retrieved 31 December 2016.</ref><ref>Pearson, Noel (22 October 2016). "[http://www.theaustralian.com.au/opinion/columnists/noel-pearson/hunt-for-the-radical-centre-confronting-welfare-dependency/news-story/5982a9da4bcf405b31c37177978ecfdf Hunt for the Radical Centre: Confronting Welfare Dependency]". ''[[The Australian]]'', p. 19. Retrieved 27 October 2017.</ref> To political philosopher Katherine Curchin, writing in the ''[[Australian Journal of Political Science]]'', Pearson is attempting something unusual and worthwhile: casting public debate on indigenous issues in terms of a search for a radical centre.<ref name=Curchin>Chuchin, Katherine (2013). "Discursive Representation and Pearson's Quest for a Radical Centre". ''[[Australian Journal of Political Science]]'', vol. 48, no. 3, pp. 256β268.</ref> She says Pearson's methods have much in common with those of [[deliberative democracy]].<ref name= Curchin /> The [[Indigenous Voice to Parliament]] (which failed in a [[2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum|referendum in 2023]]) was developed as a radical centrist solution to the problem of [[Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians|Indigenous constitutional recognition]]. It attempted to synthesise progressive concerns that constitutional recognition must involve structural reform and not "mere symbolism" with conservative concerns that any change must not limit [[parliamentary sovereignty]] and "minimise legal uncertainty".<ref>{{Cite book |last=Morris |first=Shireen |title=Broken Heart |date=2024 |publisher=La Trobe University Press |isbn=978-1-76064-520-5 |pages=28β32}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Morris |first=Shireen |date=2024-08-23 |title=Friday essay: how an unholy alliance of the separatist left and reactionary right rejected the Voice's 'sensible middle way' |url=https://theconversation.com/friday-essay-how-an-unholy-alliance-of-the-separatist-left-and-reactionary-right-rejected-the-voices-sensible-middle-way-236508 |access-date= |website=The Conversation |language=}}</ref> While not using the term formally, the political party [[Science Party (Australia)|Science Party]] is founded on principles that are typical of the radical centre.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scienceparty.org.au/vision|title = Mission Statement}}</ref>
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