Australians divided over ‘Voice to Parliament’ for Indigenous people
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A landmark referendum backed by the government would give Indigenous people constitutional recognition and greater say on legislation and policy affecting them.

A landmark referendum backed by the government would give Indigenous people constitutional recognition and greater say on legislation and policy affecting them.

  •  Lenguador   ( @Lenguador@kbin.social ) 
    2•1 year ago

    Why do you say they have no representation? There are a lot of specific bodies operating in the government, advisory and otherwise, with the sole focus of indigenous affairs. And of course, currently, indigenous Australians are over represented in terms of parliamentarian race (more than 4% if parliamentarians are of indigenous descent).

    •  liv   ( @liv@beehaw.org ) 
      1•1 year ago

      I think the problem though is that in a majority non-Indigenous country those Indigenous Australian parlimentarians are those who were voted in primarily by the majority ethnic groups.

      Indigenous Australians are only a minority of voters for any position where everyone gets to vote. As I understand it, the Voice is supposed to be chosen by Indigenous Australians themselves…