MELBOURNE -- As another long, hot summer looms in Australia, its 26 million people are bracing for a season of climate change worries on top of the cost-of-living concerns and economic jitters that dominate life the world over these days.

In a few weeks, Australia votes on whether to amend its founding document to boost rights of communities who have inhabited the land for 65,000 years. © AFP/Jiji
Oct. 14 referendum to decide on recognizing Indigenous peoples in constitution