A landmark referendum backed by the government would give Indigenous people constitutional recognition and greater say on legislation and policy affecting them.
A landmark referendum backed by the government would give Indigenous people constitutional recognition and greater say on legislation and policy affecting them.
“a landmark referendum to enshrine in the Australian Constitution an Indigenous body — known as a “Voice to Parliament” — to advise the government on legislation and policy affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, who make up almost 4% of Australia’s population of 26 million.”
This seems, at the very least, reasonable. It’s odd that they don’t have any actual representation, though.
Why do you say they have no representation? There are a lot of specific bodies operating in the government, advisory and otherwise, with the sole focus of indigenous affairs. And of course, currently, indigenous Australians are over represented in terms of parliamentarian race (more than 4% if parliamentarians are of indigenous descent).