Show threadJim RichardsonFeb 4, 2023

Labor senator and Aboriginal elder Patrick Dodson, in a speech yesterday (4 February 2023), said:

"There are some out there who are pressing for more detail. They will never get enough ... Our political process is in the parliament, and that’s where the detail is always settled and proposed. So don’t get distracted by the call for more detail …

"I hope that Australians will respond generously to this very simple request as the first step in us fixing things."

He stressed that reconciliation would go further, towards treaty and truth telling.

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https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/nonsense-and-mischief-pat-dodson-slams-critics-of-the-voice-20230204-p5chwi.html

‘Nonsense and mischief’: Pat Dodson slams critics of the Voice

The Labor senator and Aboriginal elder also criticised Opposition Leader Peter Dutton over his calls for a royal commission into sexual abuse in the Northern Territory.

The Sydney Morning Herald
Show threadJim RichardsonDec 10, 2022

Two reports will inform determination of the model for the Voice: one by Senator Pat Dodson and shadow Indigenous Affairs minister Julian Leeser, together with the Indigenous Voice Co-design Process report, by Professors Marcia Langton and Tom Calma.

The Langton-Calma report proposes a 24-person model covering 35 regions, with 3 options for selection of members.

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-10/how-voice-to-parliament-could-work/101749746

Federal government has not decided how the Voice to Parliament will work, but here's what it is thinking

Despite complaints from some camps that there is not enough detail on how a Voice to Parliament could work, two reports have already spelled out how it could be done. Here's what they say.

ABC News