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Co-design
Explanation of next steps - the co-design
Marcia Langton and Tom Calma in The Conversation


'However important symbols are to Aboriginal people, nine years of this work shows, incontrovertibly, that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples do not seek more symbols. And certainly not in the constitution, which distributes power across the federation. They seek change that can make a concrete difference to their lives.'

Constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians must involve structural change, not mere symbolism   Megan Davis 18 Feb 2020 The Conversation


and now another committee to consult and propose models for voices to regional, local,  and national governments... but no mention of Treaty (as yet)
Indigenous voice co-design  
https://www.niaa.gov.au/indigenous-affairs/indigenous-voice#resources

June Oscar AO 2018 One year on
“Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have consistently called for greater control over our destinies, for the ability to live freely and equally, and for greater recognition of our rights as the First Peoples of this land. We cannot afford to dismiss what our people have been calling for, for generations.
“We must not forget that this issue speaks not only to the rights of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people but to the aspirations of all Australians – about the kind of nation we hope to share together.”

Commissioner Oscar urges the Government to respond to the Committee’s recommendations when the final report is released.
“I hope that one day, our political leaders will have the courage to honour the voices of our peoples as captured in the Uluru Statement and the numerous other processes related to constitutional reform that we have taken part in across the country.

“I believe, the citizens of this country, Indigenous and non-Indigenous, all want a strong, just and equal nation”

Coranderrk

link to Minutes of Evidence - parliamentary inquiry into call for self-determination and land by Kulin people

Their fundamental demands were simple yet radical: as stated in their final petition – 

signed by Barak and forty-five men, women and children: 

"We want the Board and the Inspector, Captain Page, to be no longer over us. 

We want only one man here, and that is Mr. John Green, 

and the station to be under the Chief Secretary; 

then we will show the country that the station could self-support itself."

Blanket day

link to photo 

Australian Aboriginals / photographed by Kerry & Co.
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