Sentences with phrase «australian constitutional reform»
[172] This is an option for Australian constitutional reform that I believe warrants further consideration.
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Signs of that movement from non-Indigenous Australians came today with a joint statement by almost 1,000 academics, civil society groups, lawyers and charities calling on the Federal Government to «respect the wishes of Australia's First Nations peoples in the Uluru Statement and make constitutional reforms that enable First Nations peoples to take their rightful place in Australia an immediate national priority».
According to a report in today's Australian, Chairperson of of the Lowitja Institute, Pat Anderson AO is set to express her frustration about COAG's seeming failure to address the need for constitutional reform when she delivers the annual Charles Perkins Oration tonight.
Native Title Report 2011: Appendix 2: Australian Human Rights Commission submission to the Senate Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee's Inquiry into the Native Title Amendment (Reform) Bill 2011
«This announcement today has the potential to be history - making and is the first step in Constitutional reform which will provide us with a solid foundation for future discussions about how Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people participate in the life of the Australian nation.»
2.1 That all Australian political parties commit to and participate in the constitutional reform process in good faith to progress recognition of the unique place and the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
As an Australian Government priority, constitutional reform must be placed on the COAG agenda.
2.2 That the Australian Government place constitutional reform on the Council of Australian Governments agenda as a national priority.
It is upon this historical foundation that Australians are increasingly accepting the need to address this non-recognition and exclusion through constitutional reform.
The Commission further recommended that the Australian Government should begin a process of constitutional reform to protect the principle of equality for all people in Australia, including:
The Prime Minister has also raised the possibility of Constitutional reform to recognise Indigenous Australians and has identified processes to improve Indigenous representation.
I congratulate the Australian Government and all other political parties who have embarked on this journey of constitutional reform to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the first peoples of our nation.