​​​​The Constitutional Conservative

The report of the Indigenous Referendum Council, tasked in 2015 to come up with a workable proposal on constitutional recognition of indigenous people, was released by the prime minister on Monday, 17 July 2017.

 

Instead of proposing a pathway to constitutional recognition, the Council has instead recommended holding a referendum to amend the constitution: “to provide in the Australian Constitution for a body that gives Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples a Voice to the Commonwealth Parliament.”

 

This section comprises information and articles on this proposal. A copy of the “Uluru Declaration” and the report in PDF format can be found in the Constitutional documents section of this website.