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Interim Report PARLIAMENT OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA Interim report Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples July 2018 CANBERRA © Commonwealth of Australia ISBN 978-1-74366-860-3 (Printed Version) ISBN 978-1-74366-861-0 (HTML Version) This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Australia License. The details of this licence are available on the Creative Commons website: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/. Contents Foreword .......................................................................................................................................... vii Membership of the Committee ....................................................................................................... ix Resolution of appointment .............................................................................................................. xi The Report 1 Introduction .............................................................................................................. 1 Role of the Committee .......................................................................................................... 2 Conduct of the inquiry ......................................................................................................... 3 Structure of the interim report ............................................................................................ 4 A note on language ................................................................................................... 4 2 Proposal for a First Nations Voice ........................................................................ 7 The purpose and background of The Voice ...................................................................... 8 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander engagement and representation ............ 9 Consequences of barriers to access ....................................................................... 11 Calling for empowerment with a clear voice .................................................................. 13 ‘Augment current channels’ .................................................................................. 14 Genuine dialogue needs a voice and an ear: advice on active adaptation ................. 16 Empowerment to improve socio-economic outcomes ................................................... 17 International precedents for a Voice ................................................................................. 20 3 Design principles .................................................................................................. 23 Structure and membership ................................................................................................ 24 iii iv Local and regional structure .................................................................................. 25 Representative nature ............................................................................................ 29 Relationship with existing structures .................................................................. 34 Function and operation ...................................................................................................... 36 Possible functions ................................................................................................... 36 Provision of advice ................................................................................................. 40 Scope of advice ........................................................................................................ 45 Establishment and implementation .................................................................................. 47 Constitutional versus statutory enshrinement ................................................... 47 Constitutional provisions ...................................................................................... 51 Timing of further consultation, legislation, and a referendum ........................ 56 4 Examples of advisory structures ......................................................................... 61 Past models ......................................................................................................................... 61 National Aboriginal Consultative Committee, 1972-1977 ................................. 61 National Aboriginal Conference, 1977-1985 ........................................................ 62 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, 1990-2005 ........................ 62 Current models ................................................................................................................... 67 Human Rights Committee ..................................................................................... 67 Torres Strait Regional Authority .......................................................................... 69 Murdi Paaki Regional Assembly .......................................................................... 71 Prime Minister’s Indigenous Advisory Council ................................................ 73 ACT Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Elected Body ................................. 76 National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation ................ 77 National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples .................................................. 78 Prescribed Bodies Corporate ................................................................................. 81 Aboriginal Land Councils...................................................................................... 81 Indicative proposals for a First Nations Voice ................................................................ 84 Proposals made by Uphold & Recognise ........................................................... 84 Proposal made by Cape York Institute ................................................................ 86 v Proposal made by Mr Eric Sidoti .......................................................................... 87 5 Proposals for constitutional recognition ........................................................... 89 Expert Panel on Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution....................................................................................................... 89 Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples ............................................................................... 90 Referendum Council ........................................................................................................... 91 Uluru Statement from the Heart ....................................................................................... 92 Recommendations of recent constitutional recognition initiatives .............................. 93 Repeal of section 25 and section 51(xxvi) ............................................................ 93 Replacement of section 51(xxvi) and a prohibition of racial discrimination .. 94 Proposals for a statement of recognition ............................................................. 97 Proposals for an Indigenous advisory body ....................................................... 99 6 Agreement making and truth-telling ............................................................... 101 Regional Dialogues process ............................................................................................. 102 Views on agreement making ........................................................................................... 104 Views on truth-telling ....................................................................................................... 109 7 Committee comment ........................................................................................... 113 First Nations Voice ........................................................................................................... 114 Developing a detailed design .......................................................................................... 116 Constitutional entrenchment ........................................................................................... 118 Questions for consultation ............................................................................................... 118 National voice ....................................................................................................... 119 Local and regional voices..................................................................................... 120 General ................................................................................................................... 122 Consideration of past, existing, and proposed structures ........................................... 123 Agreement making and truth-telling ............................................................................ 124 Other matters ..................................................................................................................... 125 The way forward ............................................................................................................... 125 vi Appendix A. List of submissions ................................................................................ 127 Appendix B. List of hearings ........................................................................................ 141 Appendix C. List of previous recommendations
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