What is your full name?
Larry Ford
What is your postal code?
4221
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?
Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander 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?
Where it confirms Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
What should the statement say?
Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
There should be no compromise at this point in history - Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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?
Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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?
Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Should the guarantee protect all Australians against racial discrimination, or only Indigenous Australians?
All Australians
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?
Confirmation of Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
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?
whoever can implement Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
Their voice should be an important one
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
What would we achieve by getting rid of section 25?
Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Is there any point in keeping it?
No
Do you have any other comments?
Human equality for all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual