Section 25 of the Australian Constitution is a provision titled "Provision as to races disqualified from voting" that addresses the apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives.  It stipulates that if a state law disqualifies all persons of any race from voting in elections for that state's lower house, those individuals shall not be counted when calculating the state's population for federal representation purposes.

Originally proposed by Andrew Inglis Clark and enacted in 1901, the section was influenced by the US Fourteenth Amendment and intended to act as a deterrent against states manipulating their federal seat allocation by disenfranchising racial groups while still counting them for population quotas.  Despite this protective intent, critics argue the clause is inherently racist because it explicitly contemplates and accommodates racial voting exclusions in the nation's foundational document.

Since Federation, Section 25 has never been invoked because no state has enacted a law disqualifying all persons of a specific race from voting.  Its practical legal effect has been superseded by the Racial Discrimination Act 1975 (Cth), which prohibits racial discrimination in voting, rendering the constitutional mechanism dormant.  Nevertheless, it remains in the Constitution and has been a focal point for reform efforts and referendums seeking to remove anachronistic and discriminatory language.



With the rise in extreme racist politics, such as on the far right, it's a matter of time before Section 25 gets used.

Or Section 25 gets removed before Pauline etc get their hands on power, on it.

Decades of government in Australia have had absolutely no respect for the constitution and I doubt any future Australian politician would be bothered to remove it when all before have simply ignored the constitution?