What is your full name?
Marion Reddan
What is your postal code?
2256
Do you support recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by changing the Constitution or making some other kind of legal change?
Yes
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 beginning of the Constitution
What should the statement say?
that we, the people of Australia, acknowledge that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, although having lived in our country for thousands of years, were given no voice in the formulation of the Australian Constitution, nor were they recognised i
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
The rich traditions of our indigenous peoples have been of untold benefit to us as a nation, yet this great inheritance has rarely been explained or acknowledged.
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?
If the indigenous peoples as a whole desire that the Australian Parliament should have these powers, then I would recommend that the powers be retained.
Do you think that a guarantee against racial discrimination should go into the Constitution?
Yes
Should the guarantee protect all Australians against racial discrimination, or only Indigenous Australians?
All Australians
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
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
What would we achieve by getting rid of section 25?
justice for people of all races
Is there any point in keeping it?
no
Do you have any other comments?
The historical treatment of our indigenous peoples has been a national disgrace. Although those who propagated discrimination may have been ignorant, or even well-meaning, we now have the opportunity to try to make amends. We can only hope that those who
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual