I don’t quite understand this can someone Australian give me a simplified version .
Try this:
https://ulurustatement.org/education/faqs/
The full Uluru Statement is in the first post in this thread.
ask your son? or go back to the start of the thread and read it again it’s not that complicated? and its all in english?
and there will be a full popn referendum early 2023
Bored again Gumbum?
never when your around mudflaps
Now kiss 
depends which body part
PM Albo has said that the Referendum on an indigenous voice to Parliament will be held before December 2023
I don’t understand why this needs a referendum surely the First Nations people should have a voice anyway in Parliament ?
As in New Zealand where seven seats in Parliament are reserved for Māori MPs .
Unfortunately we have a Constitution and any change to the constitution needs a referendum.
Chapter VIII.—Alteration of the Constitution.
128. Mode of altering the Constitution.
This Constitution shall not be altered except in the following manner:—
The proposed law for the alteration thereof must be passed by an absolute majority of each House of the Parliament, and not less than two nor more than six months after its passage through both Houses the proposed law shall be submitted in each State and Territory to the electors qualified to vote for the election of members of the House of Representatives.
But if either House passes any such proposed law by an absolute majority, and the other House rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with any amendment to which the first-mentioned House will not agree, and if after an interval of three months the first-mentioned House in the same or the next session again passes the proposed law by an absolute majority with or without any amendment which has been made or agreed to by the other House, and such other House rejects or fails to pass it or passes it with any amendment to which the first-mentioned House will not agree, the Governor‑General may submit the proposed law as last proposed by the first-mentioned House, and either with or without any amendments subsequently agreed to by both Houses, to the electors in each State and Territory qualified to vote for the election of the House of Representatives.
When a proposed law is submitted to the electors the vote shall be taken in such manner as the Parliament prescribes. But until the qualification of electors of members of the House of Representatives becomes uniform throughout the Commonwealth, only one-half the electors voting for and against the proposed law shall be counted in any State in which adult suffrage prevails.
And if in a majority of the States a majority of the electors voting approve the proposed law, and if a majority of all the electors voting also approve the proposed law, it shall be presented to the Governor‑General for the King’s assent.
No alteration diminishing the proportionate representation of any State in either House of the Parliament, or the minimum number of representatives of a State in the House of Representatives, or increasing, diminishing, or otherwise altering the limits of the State, or in any manner affecting the provisions of the Constitution in relation thereto, shall become law unless the majority of the electors voting in that State approve the proposed law.
In this section, “Territory” means any territory referred to in section one hundred and twenty-two of this Constitution in respect of which there is in force a law allowing its representation in the House of Representatives.
It would be possible to enact the Uluru Statement as a law but a law can be repealed by a future government
New Zealand has a treaty with its Indigenous people -The Treaty of Waitangi - signed in about 1840 (look it up) Australia was Terra Nullius
they do have voices in the aussie parliament several individuals on the labor side and at least one on the tory side? and they speak up all the time?
As of July 2022, there are and 8 senators and 3 members of the House of Representatives who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander.
The idea that they have permanent representation must be something more .
It is a " Voice to Parliament" it will not make or pass legislation but will advise Parliament on Indigenous Affairs as a permanent body.
Read the Uluru Statement in the first post.
The referendum will enshrine it in the constitution and the concept of Terra Nullius is gone for ever.
Remember that in the original Constitution First Nations weren’t even citizens , no federal legislation applied to them nor were they counted in the census, their welfare was left entirely to the individual states where their treatment varied by state from poor to appalling.
These two sections were repealed after the 1967 Referendum
- The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws for the peace, order, and good government of the Commonwealth with respect to:
…(xxvi) the people of any race, other than the aboriginal race in any State, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws.
- In reckoning the numbers of people of the Commonwealth, or of a State or other part of the Commonwealth, aboriginal natives shall not be counted.
As an aside - note that it now means that the Constitution still allows the Federal Government to make special laws for any race so don’t get on their bad side.
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don’t you remember going through similar enactements with the varied member states of the british empire ?/ west indies ; india; ceylon ; falkland isles etc etc
Thank you for this explanation .
A group of high-profile Indigenous Australians have joined forces with a former deputy prime minister to co-ordinate the No campaign in this year’s Voice referendum, running on the slogan “Recognise a Better Way”.
there is clearly a difference between ’ a voice to parliament ’ and an Indigenous Treaty
The official YES and NO cases have been published today. The Electoral Commission will now publish the essays and ensure every household gets a copy.
There is still no date for the referendum.
the current state of affairs would seem like 200 plus years of domination ;subjugation and slavery has taught the former “slaves” how to disagree with each other in parliament ; and we whitefellas call that democracy!!