Foxy,

Cleaning up the constitution and adding recognition to the preamble rights the wrongs, implementing the Uhluru declaration goes way too far and creates a form of apartheid.

Shadow Minister,

You should read the Uluru Statement From The Heart.
What is being asked would not create any sort
of apartheid - it would actually remove it because it
currently exists.

Foxy: "We know that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are LEGALLY EXCLUDED* in the Australian Constitution the nation's founding legal document ... "
*capital letter emphasis is added by me

Why do you keep saying stuff like this? Can you cite a single paragraph in the constitution that specifically treats Aboriginals/Torres Strait Islander any different from any other group of people?

When I turned 18, since I was now old enough to vote and thought it my civil duty, I read the Australian Constitution (plus other legal stuff and history) to further my understanding/knowledge. Now that was about 3 decades ago, so my memory is a bit weak on this, but if memory serves me correctly there is no specific mention of the Aborigines. All people who identify with/belong to any race or ethnicity (except Australians of course) are treated exactly the same in our constitution be they European, American Indian, Africa, Australian Aboriginal, etc. in origin.

However, there certainly use to be specific mention of the Aboriginals but all references to them have been removed by referendum (referendum No. 26 in 1967).

In other words our constitution, as it is today, is complete racially non-discriminatory. But it seems to me that you are very keen to contaminate it with racism.

thinkabit,

Read the following link:

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-world/constitutional-reform-faqs-why-reform-constitution-needed#reform1

I don't make stuff up.

You need to not "thinkabit" but think a lot!

cont'd ...

I'll try again:

http://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/constitutional-reform-faqs-why-reform-constitution-needed

The legal age to vote in Australia was lowered to 18 in 1973, 48 years ago. The Conservatives had kept the voting age at 21, so the 20 year old's they conscripted as cannon fodder to do their dirty work in Vietnam couldn't vote to kick them out.