A bill will be introduced this week which could result in South Australia enshrining a First Nations Voice to Parliament weeks ahead of the national referendum.
abc.net.au/news/first-nations-voice-to-sa-parliament-defining-moment/101876980The SA government hopes laws to create a state-based Voice to Parliament will pass by Easter, but questions remain about how South Australia will be split up and geographically represented by the model.
"For far too long, in the decades and centuries gone by, the laws of this state and the colony that proceeded it did so much to disenfranchise, disadvantage and discriminate against Aboriginal people," Mr Maher said."We want to use the laws of this state to make sure that Aboriginal peoples' voices are heard.
Their objections focused on particularly around what they described as a "failure to build into the model Native Title groups and leadership". "It doesn't really recognise the important place that traditional owners have in Aboriginal culture and having that ability to speak for country, to speak for community and to speak for culture," he said.
Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who are enrolled to vote will be able to elect people from six different geographic areas of the state.
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