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Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians must involve structural change, not mere symbolism
In his Closing the Gap speech to parliament last week, the prime minister injected some order and transparency back into the constitutional recognition process.
The PM anchored his government’s work on the co-design of a Voice to Government back to the 2018 parliamentary inquiry led by Senators Pat Dodson and Julian Leeser.
- Megan Davis
- The Conversation
By doing this, he recognised the trajectory of hard work undertaken by politicians and the public for nearly a decade.
The Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition Relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples reviewed …