Changing the constitution to include the ‘Indigenous Voice’ is “dangerous” as it could risk turning the constitution into a tool for discrimination, said Australian Indigenous leader Nyunggai Warren Mundine.
The push for constitutional reforms to recognise Indigenous people came after newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged he would commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart “in full” in his victory speech on Saturday.
The statement, which was proposed as a petition by the First Nations National Constitutional Convention in 2017, asks the government to establish a permanent body representing the Indigenous community. This would require amendments to the constitution to establish the Indigenous Voice, which can only be done by a referendum….