What is your full name?
Sue Guymer
What is your postal code?
3111
Do you support recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples by changing the Constitution or making some other kind of legal change?
Yes
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
Yes. This should be in the Constitution.
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the First Peoples of Australia should be fundamental to the thinking of all Australians. It represents an understanding of Australia as a place of complex human cultures prior to European col
Should the word 'race' be taken out of the Constitution?
I don't know
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?
It shouldn't be necessary to make laws for different groups of Australians - sadly, it probably is needed in practice. There should always be the capability of making laws (perhaps just policies?) to ensure that Australians of all cultural backgrounds ar
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?
I don't know
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
I don't know enough about this subject. It seems that there have been some unsuccessful attempts at bodies covering affairs of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as a whole, in the past. When these bodies have failed, it appears to me that th
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual