Sentences with phrase «on constitutional recognition»

[86] Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Final Report (2015) apps 4, 5.

The purpose of this Act was to build momentum for a referendum on constitutional recognition, and initially included a sunset clause of two years.

On 25 June 2015, the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples (Joint Select Committee) tabled its final report.

Culture and Capability, aimed at achieving progress towards a referendum on constitutional recognition and improving participation in society and organisational capacity.

I am pleased to have been appointed as an ex-officio member to the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians.

At the federal level, a commitment has been made to hold a referendum on constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples during the current term of government or at the next federal election.

«In the lead up to the referendum on constitutional recognition, we must continue to ensure positive representations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, and work toward new reconciliation milestones,» said Mr Mohamed.

To give effect to this commitment, on 23 December 2010 the Australian Government appointed the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians (Panel).

To better reflect this, I am of the view that the name of the Expert Panel should be changed to the «Consultative Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians».

Text Box 2.8: Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians: Terms of Reference [122]

That the Australian Government make the report of the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians public as soon as practicable following its submission.

2.4 That the Australian Government adequately resource the provision of advice and assistance to the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians including in relation to leadership and engagement, ambassadorial outreach, and technical advice.

As this Report was being finalised the Australian Government established an Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians (Expert Panel).

«The call for nominations for the expert panel is a sensible approach and I believe will ensure we get the broad cross section of views we need to reach a consensus on Constitutional recognition for Australia's First Peoples,» Commissioner Gooda said.

That's to be seen, he said, in the concession from the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition to put aside demands for greater Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander sovereignty because they would be highly contested by many other Australians and could put Recognition at risk.

• The Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples released its report.

How can we have a national discussion on Constitutional recognition with the Australian Government's position on these critical issues now in doubt?

And according to the ABC's Lateline program, some Indigenous groups have raised concerns over the tying of grant monies to a demonstrated commitment to the referendum on constitutional recognition.

The Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance (AFSA) urges the Prime Minister to reconsider his response to the findings of the Final Report of the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders Peoples.

Not exact matches

In the past decade, America has seen its first African - American president, the constitutional recognition of a right to same - sex marriage, and a new discourse on gender identity and workplace harassment.

In a few weeks voters in six states will decide on state constitutional amendments that will bar same - sex marriage and any other legal recognition of same - sex couples.

The platform planks for «32 embodied a number of Century concerns: U.S. adherence to the World Court protocol; U.S. entry into the League of Nations, provided that its covenant be amended to eliminate military sanctions; U.S. recognition of the Soviet Union (which was granted a year later); the safeguarding of the rights of conscientious objectors (including those denied citizenship, such as Canadian - born theologian D. C. Macintosh of Yale Divinity School); the abolition of compulsory military training in state - supported educational institutions other than military and naval academies; emergency measures for relief and public - works employment; the securing of constitutional rights for minorities; the reduction of gross inequality of income by steeply progressive rates of taxation on large incomes; «progressive socialization of the ownership and control of natural resources, public utilities and basic industries»; «the nationalization of our entire banking system»; and so on (June 8, 1932).

Currently well over half the nation has statutory and constitutional bans on same sex marriage and / or recognition of same sex couples.

The lawsuit that candidate Malloy was so strongly supporting is based on the recognition that Connecticut's school funding system «has resulted in constitutional violations that disproportionately impact African - American, Latino, and other minority students.»

Her PhD research focuses on the fundamental rights» and constitutional implications of applying mutual recognition to police and judicial cooperation in criminal matters.

Therefore, through the recognition of the primacy of EU law norms, but with the crucial qualification that such primacy is conditional on the constitutional authorisation of the domestic legal order in accordance with Parliamentary Sovereignty, the majority of the Supreme Court justices justify their claim that «we would not accept that the so - called fundamental rule of recognition (ie the fundamental rule by reference to which all other rules are validated) underlying UK laws has been varied by the 1972 Act or would be varied by its repeal» [Paragraph 60].

And it goes to the very limits of its logic, by questioning whether even an appropriate amendment of the Treaty would make it possible to overcome the arguments which prevent regulatory powers from being conferred on agencies or whether there are, in other words, underlying principles in Community law that are not susceptible of constitutional amendment, which can not be reconciled with recognition of regulatory powers in the hands of bodies other than the three institutions.

In a January 2010 post, ABlawg's Top Cases and Legal Developments from the 2000s, and a Vote for Dunmore, I nominated Dunmore as the top constitutional decision of the 2000s for its recognition that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms may impose positive obligations on government.

Long before the draft recognition convention appeared, assorted enforcement initiatives had been tried in relation to IP — pan-European patent injunctions faded, the EU Criminal Enforcement Directive for IP floundered and the proposed Unified Patent Court, having tripped over Brexit, has now landed hard on a German constitutional challenge.

Making progress on the rights agenda, this includes constitutional reform and formal recognition of past wrongs;

Views were mixed on the potential impact of constitutional recognition and reform.

On other important Indigenous health issues, Croakey covered the launch of the Lowitja Institute's «Recognise health» initiative, a project that supports constitutional recognition as a pathway to better health and wellbeing for Aboriginal people.

He commented on the significant ways in which governments have already started to implement the Declaration, such as through constitutional recognition.

There's a whole discussion going on about constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people within Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities at the moment.

Shorten also called for the Commonwealth to take the lead on reparation for the Stolen Generations and to map out a proper pathway and recommended wording for Constitutional Recognition by the end of this year.

The celebrated activist was made a Member of the Order of Australia for services to the Aboriginal community in 1999, and remained involved behind the scenes right up to his death on the push for constitutional recognition and a treaty in NSW.

2010 Media Release: Calls for Constitutional recognition on National Aboriginal and Islanders Day

Constitutional reform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples is the next major step towards reconciliation and full recognition of Indigenous rights, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda, and Co-Chairs of the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples, Sam Jeffries and Dr Kerry Arabena, said today, on National Constitution Day.

Davis told delegates she accepts there is «Constitutional reform fatigue» in the community and much concern that recognition will be «just a commemorative plaque» rather than substantive, structural reform that changes Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples» lives on the ground.

We might disagree on how we get there, as there are a diverse range of views among First Nations peoples about constitutional recognition.

The Expert Panel will report to the Government on possible options for constitutional change to give effect to Indigenous constitutional recognition, including advice as to the level of support from Indigenous people and the broader community for each option by December 2011.

The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar has called on the Federal Government to continue the conversation about constitutional recognition of Indigenous people.Speaking at the Rural and Remote Mental Health...

From justice to health to Constitutional recognition; the Commission urges all governments to listen and act on the advice of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples regarding the issues that most affect them, as outlined in the Redfern Statement.

«Constitutional recognition is a long - sought milestone on Australia's reconciliation journey.

The Panel terms of reference (see Appendix 4) required it to «lead a broad national consultation and community engagement program to seek the views of a wide spectrum of the community» [51] and report to Government on «possible options for constitutional change to give effect to Indigenous constitutional recognition, including advice as to the level of support from Indigenous people and the broader community for each option by December 2011».

• Invest in respectful relationships with Australia's First Peoples; • Support constitutional recognition and discussions on treaties and agreement making; • Recommit to and expand the Closing the Gap targets; • Invest in public anti-racism campaigns; and • Develop a formal truth and justice process for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

It would be unwise to prematurely confine this debate on constitutional reform to preambular recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

The Expert Panel will report to the Australian Government on potential options for constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, and will advise on the level of support for these options by December 2011.

Constitutional Recognition has been a much sought after milestone on Australia's reconciliation journey for many years.

The question then remains: should any future Commonwealth constitutional preamble be suggestive of rights recognition, or remain neutral on this score?