Discussion paper response

Alice Haines
What is your full name?
Alice Haines
What is your postal code?
None
Do you support recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by changing the Constitution or making some other kind of legal change?
No
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
No
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
Acknowledgment should be in the form of a Sovereign Treaty
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?
Special laws should be in the form of a Sovereign Treaty only
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?
There needs to be a human rights bill before even considering bringing our people into jurisdiction of a known racist 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?
Human Rights Bill or no deal
Do you have any other comments on changing the Constitution to stop racial discrimination?
Human Rights Bill, Recognise our Communal Rights and Sovereign Rights
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?
No
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
We need our own Sovereign Parliament
Should we delete section 25?
No
Is there any point in keeping it?
just leave it
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual