Discussion paper response

Deba Pau
What is your full name?
Deba Pau
What is your postal code?
2026
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?
Name including in Constitutional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
Yes. This should be in a normal Australian law, but not in the Constitution.
What should the statement say?
Record names of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander distinguished from Aboriginal people
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
Two separate Culture
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?
Yes
Do you have any ideas on what new words could be used to describe that power, or where in the Constitution to put the power?
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people the first people to inherited this country we call Australia
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
The Commonwealth Government should be the only bodies to make absolute power for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
Do you think that a guarantee against racial discrimination should go into the Constitution?
Yes
Do you have any ideas about what words to use for that guarantee, or where in the Constitution to put it?
Redraft the Anti-Discrimination laws
Should the guarantee protect all Australians against racial discrimination, or only Indigenous Australians?
Indigenous Australians only
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?
There will be Support
Do you have any other comments on changing the Constitution to stop racial discrimination?
Enactment of clear and precise LAWS governing racial discrimination
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?
No
Do you have any ideas about what the new group would look like?
Not only Advisory but Veto power M
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
Mixed of young and elderly
Should we delete section 25?
No
What would we achieve by getting rid of section 25?
Create more division in this Country
Is there any point in keeping it?
Of course it's NO LONGER ANGLO SAXION
Do you have any other comments?
The sooner this process start the better
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual