Disappointment and pride across the country as Messi’s Argentina proved too strong for the gallant Socceroos, ending their historic run 2-1
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Burney is asked whether the Voice will issue a statement on all bills that come before Parliament explaining whether it was consulted and what advice was provided in how it was drafted.
Burney stresses that the body will have no power to veto the actions of Parliament and its role will be advisory.
It will also not have a program delivery function. I think those things are really important to make sure the Voice is available to the Parliament and to the Executive Government for advice, and that advice can be sought and given.
There is no question, David, that what we have been doing is not working. There is still overcrowding, there is still communities in this country that don’t have clean water.
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Let’s take, for example, the fact that there is going to be a stand-alone First Nations domestic violence plan. It would be important to me that the Voice is very much involved in advising, working alongside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee on that, to make sure that what is in the plan reflects what First Nations people are saying about the issue of domestic violence, for example.
Let’s think about the fact that we are going to be moving towards a stand-alone First Nations, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage plan. Fundamental issues of that would be advised by the Voice, alongside with the alliance of First Nations people and cultural heritage. There is no doubt that what happened at Juukan Gorge cannot happen again.
There is enormous amounts of work going on at state and territory levels which has to be part of where we head nationally. I see what’s going on in, for example, legislation about to go into the South Australian Parliament to create a Voice there. There is a First Nation as assembly in Victoria.
Those things will inform, and I think, enhance a national Voice. What this national Voice is about is very straightforward. It is about improving the lives and the outcomes which are completely unacceptable at the moment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but it will also be about telling the truth in our nation’s birth certificate and recognising that this country has the extraordinary gift of 65,000 years.
This Voice is about improving the life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: It doesn’t matter what you choose, whether it’s housing, whether it’s incarceration, whether it’s educational outcomes, whether it’s domestic violence rates – all of those things will be informed by this Voice, including importantly cultural issues, the fact that there is going to be a move towards a stand-alone cultural heritage act, things like a stand-alone domestic violence strategy for Aboriginal people – these are the things that the Voice will absolutely inform.
Continue reading…Disappointment and pride across the country as Messi’s Argentina proved too strong for the gallant Socceroos, ending their historic run 2-1Get our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastBurney is asked whether the Voice will issue a statement on all bills that come before Parliament explaining whether it was consulted and what advice was provided in how it was drafted.Burney stresses that the body will have no power to veto the actions of Parliament and its role will be advisory.It will also not have a program delivery function. I think those things are really important to make sure the Voice is available to the Parliament and to the Executive Government for advice, and that advice can be sought and given.There is no question, David, that what we have been doing is not working. There is still overcrowding, there is still communities in this country that don’t have clean water.Let’s take, for example, the fact that there is going to be a stand-alone First Nations domestic violence plan. It would be important to me that the Voice is very much involved in advising, working alongside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Advisory Committee on that, to make sure that what is in the plan reflects what First Nations people are saying about the issue of domestic violence, for example.Let’s think about the fact that we are going to be moving towards a stand-alone First Nations, or Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cultural heritage plan. Fundamental issues of that would be advised by the Voice, alongside with the alliance of First Nations people and cultural heritage. There is no doubt that what happened at Juukan Gorge cannot happen again.There is enormous amounts of work going on at state and territory levels which has to be part of where we head nationally. I see what’s going on in, for example, legislation about to go into the South Australian Parliament to create a Voice there. There is a First Nation as assembly in Victoria.Those things will inform, and I think, enhance a national Voice. What this national Voice is about is very straightforward. It is about improving the lives and the outcomes which are completely unacceptable at the moment of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, but it will also be about telling the truth in our nation’s birth certificate and recognising that this country has the extraordinary gift of 65,000 years. This Voice is about improving the life outcomes for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: It doesn’t matter what you choose, whether it’s housing, whether it’s incarceration, whether it’s educational outcomes, whether it’s domestic violence rates – all of those things will be informed by this Voice, including importantly cultural issues, the fact that there is going to be a move towards a stand-alone cultural heritage act, things like a stand-alone domestic violence strategy for Aboriginal people – these are the things that the Voice will absolutely inform. Continue reading…