Constitutional Recognition or treaty?
In 2017, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was released during the Uluru First Nations Convention. In it, 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates made a powerful statement endorsing constitutional reform to enshrine an Indigenous voice in Australian Parliament and in the Australian Cons...
| Published in: | NEW: Emerging scholars in Australian Indigenous Studies |
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| Format: | Article in Journal/Newspaper |
| Language: | English |
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University of Technology Sydney
2020
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| Online Access: | https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/student-journals/index.php/NESAIS/article/view/1590 https://doi.org/10.5130/nesais.v5i1.1590 |
| Summary: | In 2017, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was released during the Uluru First Nations Convention. In it, 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander delegates made a powerful statement endorsing constitutional reform to enshrine an Indigenous voice in Australian Parliament and in the Australian Constitution, as well as the establishment of a Makaratta Commission to supervise the subsequent legislative change and ‘truth-telling’ that would enshrine a First Nations Voice in Australia’s Constitution. While the Uluru Statement from the Heart was a culmination of many years of grassroots campaigning and activism, there remains dissent over whether constitutional recognition could be as effective as a treaty. |
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