Does Australia need a Treaty between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people?
The legacy of British invasion and dispossession legitimised the denial of Aboriginal sovereignty and Aboriginal rights to treaty negotiations over their property and lives resulting in catastrophic Indigenous disadvantage. The shocking facts of Indigenous disadvantage were made public through the NT Emergency Response – the Intervention, inflicting further humiliation and suffering upon Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians that time will hopefully erase through the collective efforts of all Australians and resources of the Australian Government. It is hoped that non-Indigenous Australians who realise the extent of Indigenous disadvantage will back our calls for a treaty to right past wrongs and change the Australian Constitution through a referendum of support to negotiate a renewed relationship commencing with mutual respect, cooperation, co-existence and responsibility. As an advocate for a treaty I firmly believe that a treaty is a legalistic issue that is possible to achieve.
