What is your full name?
Susan Irene Golley
What is your postal code?
5045
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?
the people who are most affected should decide how they are recognised. Definitely not a bunch of suits or old white men.
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
Yes. This should be in the Constitution.
Where is the best place to put it?
everywhere that matters to those concerned. No document or law should be too sacred to be exempt
What should the statement say?
simple and direct, with no soft edges for the colonisers
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
no useless motherhood statements, no recognition of the colonisers as bringing something 'better' to first peoples
Should the word 'race' be taken out of the Constitution?
Yes
Should the Australian Parliament keep the power to make special laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
I don't know
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
No law should restrict first peoples ability to live as they choose, traditionally or otherwise. "help" should not be supervisory in nature
Do you think that a guarantee against racial discrimination should go into the Constitution?
I don't know
If there is not enough support for a guarantee in the Constitution, what other things can we do to stop racial discrimination in national laws?
remove 'race' from everywhere. refer to first peoples where apropraiate in the manner that they choose
Do you have any other comments on changing the Constitution to stop racial discrimination?
any reference to a preference for the colonisers should be removed
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?
I don't know
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
In the past these groups seem to have been politically motivated, and at the whim of the current government. the group should be sovereign, answer to the GG and only changeable under the auspices of that idea, and not able to be disbanded, closed down or
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
What would we achieve by getting rid of section 25?
no reference to race, and outdated and ridiculous concept in the modern age
Is there any point in keeping it?
no
Do you have any other comments?
less reference to the colonisers in all law where preference or poweris bestowed
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual