The issue of constitutional recognition remains unresolved.
Where is it up to?
With the 20 year anniversary of the Bringing Them Home Report in
2017, and subsequent enquiries, the rights of Indigenous
Australians have been at the forefront of politics, and the social
conscience, in recent months.
In particular, as we discussed in our
August 2017 newsletter, over 250 Aboriginal and Torres Islander
leaders met in May 2017, and released the Uluru Statement from the
Heart, calling for the establishment of a "First Nations
Voice" in the Australian Constitution and a
"Makarrata Commission" to supervise the process
of "agreement making" and "truth
telling" between Governments and Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander people.
