Sentences with phrase «said constitutional recognition»

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He said he believed there was a «serious legal and constitutional conflict» between the boundary changes and the relatively recent recognition of the Cornish as a national minority.

«If you have a number of Republican candidates running for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, the constitutional officers of the commonwealth, you can deplete your bench of the number of people who can run for those offices who have the name recognition and the capacity to fundraise,» said Taylor.

We say this because the division of powers part of the judgement (commencing at para 98) is full of all sorts of references to two levels of government (see e.g. para 141) and similar comments about «interlocking federal and provincial schemes» that make it abundantly clear that this Court has given no thought to the space within which indigenous laws may operate within the modern constitutional order (for recognition that the law making authority of aboriginal peoples pre-dated the Crown's acquisition of sovereignty, was not extinguished by that acquisition of sovereignty and was not impaired by the division of legislative powers between the federal and provincial governments in 1982 see Campbell v British Columbia (2000), 189 DLR (4th) 333 (BCSC) and Justice Deschamps in Beckman v Little Salmon / Carmacks First Nation, [2010] 3 SCR 103 at para 97).

It is fair to say that provincial governments have increasingly come to appreciate the constitutional recognition of this status when it comes to working conditions and remuneration of Provincial Court judges.

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.

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 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.

«Constitutional recognition can only improve the trust and respect between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia and for that reason alone it has the potential to make a real difference to peoples» lives,» he said.

«To create meaningful and substantive change, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples must shape the process for constitutional recognition, as well as the final proposal put to the Australian public,» Mr Mohamed said.

«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.

Justin Mohamed, CEO of Reconciliation Australia said the discussions today were positive and respectful, and have set a pathway towards progressing Constitutional Recognition.

Lowitja Institute CEO Romlie Mokak said the conference comes at a time of rising xenophobia globally and domestically, and at a «critical juncture» in Australia, with the need for a «big yarn» about constitutional recognition and reconciliation — which will play a vital role in the health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander people.