What is your full name?
Cath Renwick
What is your postal code?
2546
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?
It should reflect what the majority of ATSI people think it should be rather than a noisy group of ATSI and others.
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?
It should be up front
What should the statement say?
It should say that Country (the Mother) was never ceded and there was no recompense. And that we are going to change all that by funding Land Councils with a small levy from tax or rate payers to fund effective LALCs with funds to effect useful change, ne
Do you have any other comments on a statement about the First Peoples of Australia?
Recompense is vital. Work out a way to better fund jobs and meaningful live for Aboriginal people and family, improve their health and education too of course.
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?
Yes
Do you have any ideas on what new words could be used to describe that power, or where in the Constitution to put the power?
Restitution powers, to redress the balance for people and for Country.
Do you have any other comments on powers to make laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples?
They should start from a place of apology, and seek to build respect for all.
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?
Have a properly funded and supported review panel to consider potentially discriminatory laws
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?
Is there a model else where? Could LALCs be useful and democratic in this matter?
Should we delete section 25?
I don't know
Are you making a submission on behalf of a person (such as yourself) or organisation?
Individual