Imagining a Makarrata Commission

The Uluru Statement from the Heart advocates for a First Nations constitutional voice and a legislated Makarrata Commission to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling. A First Nations voice is the immediate priority and the necessary focus of scholarly and practical discussion. However, while a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Morris, Shireen, Hobbs, Harry
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:unknown
Published: MONASH UNIV, FAC LAW 2022
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/103154
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Summary:The Uluru Statement from the Heart advocates for a First Nations constitutional voice and a legislated Makarrata Commission to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling. A First Nations voice is the immediate priority and the necessary focus of scholarly and practical discussion. However, while advocates envisage a Makarrata Commission being established following a First Nations voice, there is negligible research imagining how a Makarrata Commission might operate. This article addresses that gap. Drawing on agreement-making and truth-telling processes in Australia, Aotearoa New Zealand, and Canada, it imagines how a national institution to supervise agreement-making and truth-telling could function.