5 years ago
FIRST NATIONS PEOPLE ARE ANXIOUS ABOUT SECURITY OF A VOICE
LINDA BURNEY MP
Prime Minister Scott Morrison looks set to dismantle his Indigenous Advisory Council, it has been reported.
This is a perfect example of why First Nations people are so anxious about the security of a voice to the Parliament.
The Prime Minister has not met with the Council for almost a year.
And it is clear there has been a severe lack of communication from the Prime Minister to the Council and its Chair Roy Ah-See.
If the Prime Minister is not even talking to the Council, how can he be listening to it?
There is no doubt that the Council was controversial among First Nations people.
But the Council was the Government’s own mechanism through which First Nations people could provide advice on the decisions, laws and policies which affect us.
And not only has it been sidelined for the better part of a year, it looks to be scrapped.
Time and again, First Nations people have had our voice to government chopped and changed, and with no consultation.
First Nations people have made the modest request for an advisory voice to the Parliament.
And it is only reasonable that it be given security and certainty.
This is a perfect example of why First Nations people are so anxious about the security of a voice to the Parliament.
The Prime Minister has not met with the Council for almost a year.
And it is clear there has been a severe lack of communication from the Prime Minister to the Council and its Chair Roy Ah-See.
If the Prime Minister is not even talking to the Council, how can he be listening to it?
There is no doubt that the Council was controversial among First Nations people.
But the Council was the Government’s own mechanism through which First Nations people could provide advice on the decisions, laws and policies which affect us.
And not only has it been sidelined for the better part of a year, it looks to be scrapped.
Time and again, First Nations people have had our voice to government chopped and changed, and with no consultation.
First Nations people have made the modest request for an advisory voice to the Parliament.
And it is only reasonable that it be given security and certainty.