The Albanese government's proposal to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body in the constitution should include words that formally recognise Indigenous people as Australia's first inhabitants, advocate Noel Pearson says.
Noel Pearson says the constitution should include words that recognise Indigenous people as the first peoples of AustraliaHe says the Voice proposal should appeal to "constitutional conservatives"in a speech to the Garma Festival of Aboriginal culture on the weekend.
But right before outlining the proposed words, the prime minister said the change would be "in recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the First Peoples of Australia". 7.30 host Sarah Ferguson asked if that recognition needed to be "spelled out" in a clause of the constitution, or whether it could be sufficiently "implicit" in the creation of the Voice."It would adorn the substantive words," he said.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Garma Festival on Saturday.
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