What is your full name?
Lee Prouse
What is your postal code?
7018
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?
It should be embedded in the document and not in the preamble - making sure that we have full and equal recognition as Australia's First Peoples
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?
embedded in the body of the document
What should the statement say?
acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia's as the original inhabitants and owners of the land and also acknowledge our continuing custodianship.
Should the word 'race' be taken out of the Constitution?
Yes
Should the Australian Parliament keep the power to make special laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
No
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
we have the right to decide our own future and have input into any laws that affect us
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?
do not water down 18C!!!!!! increase powers under it
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?
Yes
Do you have any ideas about what the new group would look like?
self determined and repersentative of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
it should not be chosen by the incumbent government but by all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
What would we achieve by getting rid of section 25?
transperency
Is there any point in keeping it?
no
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual