What is your full name?
Daniel Brown
What is your postal code?
6720
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?
Recognising and acknowledging Aboriginal people as First Nation
Should we have a statement that acknowledges the First Peoples of Australia?
Yes. This should be in the Constitution.
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?
An Aboriginal Advisory Group should be given some powers to make Laws for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
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?
A group structured to represent the Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples effectively
Do you have any other comments on this Indigenous group?
Must be adequately resource for the business
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