• morry040@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    By engaging with the existing representative body that has already been established - The National Indigenous Australians Agency (NIAA).
    It employs 1,023 full time staff and manages a budget of $285M each year specifically for the purpose to “lead and influence change across government to ensure Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have a say in the decisions that affect them.”
    https://www.niaa.gov.au/who-we-are/the-agency

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      1 year ago

      True, didn’t know that was a thing. I assume people who are leading the Voice movement don’t find it to be sufficient enough – I wonder why? I suppose because it has no constitutional recognition? But why not use the NIAA as a basis? Would be interesting to learn the reasoning there.