An Indigenous Voice To Parliament. Considering A Constitutional Bridge

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Garratt
Publisher Place: Australia
Publisher Year: 2023
Edition: Reprint

Description: 144 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Australians will soon be asked to vote in a referendum asking Do you support an alteration to the Constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander VoiceFrank Brennan has been an advocate for Indigenous rights for 40 years. Here he shows the difficult path travelled by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and their supporters to get to this question.In the past, advocates argued for changes to Commonwealth Parliaments powers to legislate for Indigenous Australians and to the capacity of the High Court to strike down racially discriminatory laws. They also offered changes to the Constitution that would acknowledge Indigenous history, reality and aspirations.All those proposals are now replaced with the Voice. But is it to be a Voice to Parliament or a Voice to Parliament and to Government Would the focus be only on special laws applying to the First Australians, or on any other relevant mattersThis book fairly outlines both the Yes case and the No case, so that voters can make up their own minds before casting their vote in the referendum. This revised edition includes an Epilogue titled The Failed Quest for Bipartisanship on the Voice that addresses the new discussions, plus additional Appendices.

ISBN: 9781922484697