Five commissioners say it’s time to stop ‘endlessly discussing’ the status of First Peoples in modern Australia
All past and present Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander social justice commissioners have announced a plan for constitutional reform within five years, saying it’s time to stop “endlessly discussing” and commit to “action that would allow Indigenous Australians to take a rightful place in our nation”.
The proposal from the current commissioner, June Oscar, and her four predecessors – Mick Gooda, Tom Calma, William Jonas and Mick Dodson – recommends a regular parliamentary motion by which MPs and senators could “be held accountable to the Australian people, by indicating whether they support removing racism from the constitution or not”.
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