What is your full name?
Gloria Paddock
What is your postal code?
2324
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?
I'm not sure but they should have recognition.
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?
Maybe at the beginning.
What should the statement say?
That Australia and all Australian people recognise the First Peoples of our land.
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
No
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 should all have to follow the law, one law not one for different people.
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?
I don't and I think it will be hard to police but it should be in our constitution.
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?
Start charging people.
Do you have any other comments on changing the Constitution to stop racial discrimination?
You will never be able to stamp out racial discrimination. I am a white Australian and I have been abused as being just that, white.
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?
No
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
I think that they should come from different tribes, is that the right word?, and I would hope that they be listened to.
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
Is there any point in keeping it?
Not really
Do you have any other comments?
I hope that our indigenous people can finally get the recognition they deserve.
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual