Black History
Australia
JUSTICE FOR AUSTRALIA’S FIRST PEOPLE
AUSTRALIA has been given an unprecedented opportunity to deliver true justice and recognition to Australia’s first people with today’s handing over of recommendations to Prime Minister Julia Gillard by the Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australians.
Drawing strong parallels with the 1967 referendum in which 90% of the population voted a resounding 'yes' to amending section 51 to allow race specific laws to include 'Aborigines', 82 per cent of people surveyed in 84 urban, regional and remote locations gave strong support for Constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
