Representation and Good Governance: Institutional Transformation via Voice to Parliament
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Representation and Good Governance: Institutional Transformation via Voice to Parliament

Kate Galloway and Dani Larkin

18.06.21

The Uluru Statement from the Heart recommends a First Nations Voice to Parliament, Treaty with First Nations, and Truth-telling as essential components for establishing proper legal relations between the Australian State and First Nations peoples. A First Nations Voice provides the first step to appropriate engagement, through institutional reform. Constitutional provision for a Voice to Parliament has …

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Membership Models for an Indigenous Voice: What does representation mean for First Nations?
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Membership Models for an Indigenous Voice: What does representation mean for First Nations?

Dani Larkin

11.03.2021

The Elders, Traditional Owners and community voices at the Regional Dialogues and the First Nations Constitutional Convention that adopted the Uluru Statement from the Heart in 2017 were clear on two things. First, that the First Nations Voice would be constitutionally created and protected (constitutional enshrinement), that would guarantee is existence and establish its power …

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