What is your full name?
Shannon Noel Hood
What is your postal code?
3971
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?
Terra nullius abolished.
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
I don't know
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
what is the ripple effect? how can we be sure of acquiring what is rightfully owed to our people.
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?
No
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
self determination creates the individual, the individual creates direction to succeed.
Do you think that a guarantee against racial discrimination should go into the Constitution?
Yes
Do you have any ideas about what words to use for that guarantee, or where in the Constitution to put it?
yes, discussion papers to be tabled.
Should the guarantee protect all Australians against racial discrimination, or only Indigenous Australians?
Indigenous Australians only
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?
acknowledge that colinisation was by force and illeagle at the time and forever past this time. Terra Nulius is a fabrication, teach the truth in schools and the children will learn and lead by fact not fiction.
Do you have any other comments on changing the Constitution to stop racial discrimination?
Australian birth document, was written in a different time. As Indigenous, the Constitution must adapt and admit the people will right its wrongs.
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?
Yes
Do you have any ideas about what the new group would look like?
Clan based, representation of all Clans, Tribes nationally.
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
Must be Indigenous people, respected Elders, of good and respected nature.
Should we delete section 25?
Yes
What would we achieve by getting rid of section 25?
Um, Racism!!!!
Is there any point in keeping it?
Racist people
Do you have any other comments?
I am struggling in my life due to the lack of decency, respect and historical accuracy placed upon me from Australian Citizens. I want to be involved in the truth acknowledging what is owed by the Federal Government, in terms of building opportunities in
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual