All this discussion on the upcoming #referendum had me thinking… years ago, we had a similar group advising parliament: #ATSIC. It was established in 1990 and abolished in 2005.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Commission

A big criticism of the time was apparently its lack of "connection" with those in regional areas:

> A review of ATSIC was commissioned in 2003. The report, authored by John Hannaford, Jackie Huggins and Bob Collins, was titled In the Hands of the Regions: A New ATSIC Report of the Review of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission, and it recommended reforms which gave greater control of ATSIC to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people at a regional level.

I wonder if these reforms are part of the plans?

It'd be nice to have known prior to this week (I have voted), but I trust those setting up this new group (if it passes, I hope it does) do heed the lessons of the past. A carbon copy of the old ATSIC might not help a great deal since not everyone lives in the ACT. A reformed version that is driven by the regions, may improve matters.

I'm willing to give it a second try, but we do need to look at what failed, and why it failed. Otherwise, we'll just repeat the same mistakes.

#AusPol

I'm back from a brief hiatus that no one probably notice. In the past 2 months I've been home for 10 days, in 2 seperate chunks. During those 8 weeks I only missed doing an episode of #ATSIC one week.

Now I'm booked for #FlyInFormation interviews every Tuesday through August. Today I talk to Halifax mainstays #LXVNDR & #Tachichi about their new album "Found Money".

Http://www.twitch.tv/doobyis at 6pm MST

This might be the best mix of Canadian Hip Hop from 2022 that has ever been assembled.

#ATSIC #AfterTheSmokeIsClear #BestOf22 #CKXU #HipHop #IndieRap

https://www.mixcloud.com/Doobyis/atsic-s03e37-best-of-s03-part-1-jan9-2023/

I support consitutional recognition & a new attempt to form #ATSIC or #TheVoice or whatever you'd like to call it.

I don't support putting the advisory body in the constitution.

In my opinion, setting an advisory body in stone is not what the #constitution is meant to do.

If a new body is shown to be effective & not susceptible to the problems that affected ATSIC then we could enshrine it in our founding document.

#Auspol

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-23/andrew-gee-resigns-national-party-indigenous-voice/101804776

Rappers out here promoting their new single, link has 8 different services I can listen or buy or watch the video.. but not a single one of those links tells me who produced the damn beat they're rapping over.

Bring back liner notes.

I do my best to acknowledge all the creators on my mix show #AfterTheSmokeIsClear.

Archives at http://www.mixcloud.com/doobyis

#ATSIC #CommunityRadio #CKXU