#Qanda on Ngunnawal Country. Started with Welcome to Country. Focus constitutional reform. Livecast now: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WnIrUizP8I … #indigenous
Race power was altered in 1967, but can be used in adverse ways. How to draft federal power? @mdavisqlder #qanda
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Dialogue at Uluru wanted to avoid decisions that might support status quo. Focused on truth, treaty & power of voice.
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"Formalise Indigenous voice." First nations elect representatives to political organisation. Voice to the Parliament. - Noel Pearson
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Need to start looking at legal authority & self-determination that includes ATSI diversity (class, gender, etc).
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History means Constitution was written without ATSI voices, "We're not sharing power." Talking about political power. - Stan Grant
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Constitutional change was seen as symbolic & not making the changes Uluru Statement sought.
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"We want recognition." Uluru Statement did not receive considered political response it deserved. Noel Pearson
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"For any real political & social change one has to imagine a new future. You have to inspire a new change." Pat Anderson on politics
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Uluru Statement "Reform is quite modest & common in many parts of the world, in Western liberal democracies."
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On Deputy PM Barnaby Joyce's comment that Uluru is "over reach." "1) He hasn't read the report. 2) He's inaccurate."
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"To be fair, having a little bit of hope is the least that they can do."
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"Don't underestimate the good will of the nation & the patience and persistance of our people." Stan Grant
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On Uluru walkout: "In all the dialogues, we said we will do nothing that will abrogate Aboriginal sovereignty." Pat Anderson
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Noel Pearson discussing call for a referendum.
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Makarrata commission now being discussed, which would examine a treaty. Background: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2017/may/26/uluru-talks-opt-for-sovereign-treaty-not-symbolic-constitutional-recognition …
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"We need a truth-telling process" before a treaty, so the nation can come to mutual understanding. Pat Anderson
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"Don't need a lived experience to have empathy." We know when we're doing harm in this nation.
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Truth and justice process from Canada may be a model before reconciliation in Australia. - Pat Anderson
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"You need a story of a nation. What is the story of us?" - Stan Grant on how we might reimagine the nation through ATSI inclusion.
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"We're on the right track. This is your turn." - Pat Anderson on young ATSI women taking up "the fighting stick" to make changes.
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"As an Aboriginal person, we may not have consensus but we can still have unity and support each other." -
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Young Aboriginal people need to create a new national myth that addresses structural racism. "Don't shut up."
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Uluru Statement now being read: "When we have power over our own destiny." https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2WnIrUizP8I …
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"In 1967 we were counted, in 2017 we seek to be heard." Uluru Statement From the Heart https://www.referendumcouncil.org.au/sites/default/files/2017-05/Uluru_Statement_From_The_Heart_0.PDF …
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