Discussion paper response

Daniel Jaques
What is your full name?
Daniel Jaques
What is your postal code?
2914
Do you support recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by changing the Constitution or making some other kind of legal change?
Yes
What should the change look like?
An Indigenous Republic should be formed and recognised.
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
No
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
Why should a White Constitution be accepted and acknowledge. This is British white Law.
Should the word 'race' be taken out of the Constitution?
No
Should the Australian Parliament keep the power to make special laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
No
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
Aboriginal and TSL people are capable of self governance and creating their own laws.
Do you think that a guarantee against racial discrimination should go into the Constitution?
Yes
Should the guarantee protect all Australians against racial discrimination, or only Indigenous Australians?
All Australians
Do you think Indigenous people should have a say when Parliament and government make laws and policies about Indigenous affairs?
Yes
Should a new Indigenous group be set up under the Constitution to give advice and make sure Indigenous people have a voice in political decisions that affect them?
Yes
Is it worth creating the new group if it can only give advice and does not have the power to block new laws?
No
Do you have any ideas about what the new group would look like?
An Indigenous Republic
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
Once the Queen has been removed as head of state, All crown land should be handed back to First Nation People.
Should we delete section 25?
No
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual