"The illiterate of the 21st Century are not those
who cannot read and write, but those who cannot
learn, unlearn, and relearn."
(Alvin Toffler).

Dear Paul,

See you on another discussion.

Thanks for your contribution to this one.

I'll leave you with what Malcolm Turnbull had to say
about a Voice to Parliament:

http://theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/i-will-be-voting-yes-to-establish-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament

Foxy,

Howard's promise was derailed when Krudd won the election and Krudd substituted this with a "sorry" which was worth the paper it was printed on.

Juliar then set up a panel which essentially recommended a raft of privileges and essentially a 3rd tier of parliament which got a refusal from the coalition.

A word of caution is that no referendum has passed without bipartisan support.

A process towards presenting the all-important National Voice procedural detail has begun.

As with the Victorian First Peoples Assembly presentation of detail, I support this National process to present detail.

http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/sep/08/government-appoints-first-nations-leaders-to-guide-questions-about-referendum-on-indigenous-voice reported 8 September 2022

"Government appoints First Nations leaders to guide referendum on Indigenous voice:

...The Albanese government has appointed a working group of First Nations leaders to “guide the big questions” about a referendum to enshrine a voice to parliament in the constitution, including the timing of the vote, the form of words and a public education campaign.

The minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, was due to use a speech on [8 September 2022] night to reveal the three tasks for the new referendum working group ahead of its first meeting with the prime minister on [9 September 2022].

“These are the next steps – the plan on the road to the referendum,” Burney was to say, according to an extract from the speech to be delivered to the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (Ceda) in Canberra..."

Hi Maverick,

Thanks for the link.

Great read - and a good representative panel chosen.

Looking forward to the next steps.

That's how it should be, but nothing will satisfy the racists and the rednecks, here or elsewhere. If the opposition was truthful they would admit they oppose any Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal people.