MICHAEL BLEBY: Giving a voice to First Nations people in a changing Australia
The government will be obliged to take advice from the consultative body, but not to act on it
02 May 2023 - 05:00
There are political stirrings across the Indian Ocean. Australia is in a countdown to what could be its biggest step in righting more than 200 years of racial inequality.
Later in 2023 every citizen older than 18 years will vote on a proposal to change Australia’s constitution to establish the Voice, a consultative body giving the country’s First Nations people a formal way to advise parliament and the government on legislation and its effects on them...
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