What is your full name?
Elizabeth thornton
What is your postal code?
4565
Do you support recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by changing the Constitution or making some other kind of legal change?
Yes
What should the change look like?
Working alongside the people concerned is the best way to change the constitution.Unbelievable that they were not part of Australian constitution but given the remarks of Tony Abbott to Cameron that there was nothing in the area before the invasion,it is
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
Yes. This should be in the Constitution.
Where is the best place to put it?
At the end?
What should the statement say?
Our constitution as it now stands acknowledges the first peoples of Australia
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
As a non Aboriginal I have no statements worth noting as I believe that too many non Aboriginal peoples passed their opinions on Aborigines !
Should the word 'race' be taken out of the Constitution?
I don't know
Should the Australian Parliament keep the power to make special laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
I don't know
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
No
Do you think that a guarantee against racial discrimination should go into the Constitution?
I don't know
If there is not enough support for a guarantee in the Constitution, what other things can we do to stop racial discrimination in national laws?
Bill of rights ?
Do you have any other comments on changing the Constitution to stop racial discrimination?
I believe that a Bill of Rights is necessary.
Do you think Indigenous people should have a say when Parliament and government make laws and policies about Indigenous affairs?
Yes
Should a new Indigenous group be set up under the Constitution to give advice and make sure Indigenous people have a voice in political decisions that affect them?
Yes
Is it worth creating the new group if it can only give advice and does not have the power to block new laws?
I don't know
Do you have any ideas about what the new group would look like?
Not really
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
No
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
What would we achieve by getting rid of section 25?
Get rid of some forms of racial discrimination
Is there any point in keeping it?
No
Do you have any other comments?
I am just amazed that Australia needs to have this discussion when as an English immigrant I was accepted in 1985.
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual