Cabinet papers from 2003 show the government pursued talks without consulting peak Indigenous body – which it then abolished

Cabinet papers from 2003 show the government pursued talks without consulting peak Indigenous body – which it then abolished

  • spiffmeister
    6·
    10 months ago

    …because a number of structures, such as the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission (Atsic), “already constitute particular Australian forms of self-determination”.

    However, the Howard government introduced legislation to abolish Atsic the following year…

    A classic move.

    • GroteStreet 🦘English
      41·
      10 months ago

      wE DonT NeEd cOnsTitUtionAL VoiCe, We AlreAdy have a DepArtMEnt!