The No campaign argues the National Indigenous Australians Agency, a government agency which funds programs for First Nations people, is an existing voice to parliament, but is that right?
There's not a lot to do in the small Aboriginal community of Amoonguna, just outside of Alice Springs, Mparntwe.The MacDonnell Regional Council's Outside School Hours Care and Youth Development programs are funded by a Canberra-based agency most Australians may not have heard of — the National Indigenous Australians Agency .Its role is to provide services to improve the lives of different mobs through the delivery of government services.
"They may have multiple functions, but one of them is also to be a voice for Indigenous people to Parliament.
The agency provides advice to the government, like all public service agencies, but that is not its main role. "They are directly responsible to the minister and the minister's direction, and so they are not an independent Aboriginal voice."Why you shouldn't write your name on your referendum ballot paperMs Perkins said the Voice would be a body of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people from around the country elected by their communities to advise parliament on suitable policies for First Nations people.
During a radio interview with 2GB's Ben Fordham in July, former Mr Abbott also referred to the NIAA as a reason that the Voice was not needed, citing the "hundreds of people" working for the agency in Canberra.This Arrernte teenager is helping to address youth issues in Alice Springs.
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