Noel Pearson backs separate declaration of recognition for Indigenous Australians
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson is lending his support to the idea of a separate declaration of recognition as a symbolic statement to run alongside any amendments to the Australian constitution to recognise Indigenous Australians. Noel Pearson, from the Cape York Institute said a declaration would allow for a more generous statement of recognition than what could conceivably be contained in the constitution. He is also calling for an amendment to allow the formation of a national Indigenous advisory body that he said would give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people a voice in the legislative process. But Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner Mick Gooda said constitutional reform is the only way to truly recognise Indigenous Australians.
Constitution should recognise Indigenous people as first Australians, says Noel Pearson
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