Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Achieving constitutional recognition

[1]        The Hon John Anderson AO, Ms Tanya Hosch and Mr Richard Eccles, Final Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act of Recognition Review Panel, 19 September 2014, p. 25.

[2]        Ibid, p. 26.

[3]        The Hon John Anderson AO, Ms Tanya Hosch and Mr Richard Eccles, Final Report of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Act of Recognition Review Panel, 19 September 2014, p. 7.

[4]        Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1901, s 128.

[5]        George Williams, 'Recognising Indigenous Peoples in the Australian Constitution: What the Constitution Should Say and How the Referendum Can be Won', Land, Rights, Laws: Issues of Native Title, vol. 5, no. 1, September 2011, p. 4.

[6]        Mr Shane Duffy, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services, Committee Hansard, 30 June 2014 pp 2, 6; Mr Ian Brown, President, Queensland Law Society, Committee Hansard, 30 June 2014, p. 7; Ms Annette Kogolo, Vice-Chair, Mangkaja Arts Resource Agency, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2014, p. 11; Dr Peter Lewis, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples Rights Advocacy Lead, Oxfam Australia, Committee Hansard, 14 August 2014, p. 16; Ms Priscilla Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2014, p. 2; Ms Lee Jacobsen, President, Kalgoorlie-Boulder Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Committee Hansard, 9 September 2014, p. 10; Ms Tammy Solonec, Member, Aboriginal Lawyers Committee, Law Society of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 10 September 2014, p. 2; Ms Dierdre Robertson, Co-Convenor, Shepparton Region Reconciliation Group, Committee Hansard, 13 August 2014, p. 8; Mr Peter Quinlan SC, President, Western Australian Bar Association, Committee Hansard, 10 September 2014, p. 8.

[7]        Mr Peter Quinlan SC, President, Western Australian Bar Association, Committee Hansard, 10 September 2014, p. 7.

[8]        Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Interim report, 15 July 2014, pp 27–29.

[9]        Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution: Report of the Expert Panel, January 2012, p. xviii.

[10]      Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Interim report, 15 July 2014, p. 7.

[11]      The Commonwealth of Australia v Tasmania (1983) 158 CLR 1, para. 77, (Brennan J).

[12]      Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution: Report of the Expert Panel, January 2012, p. 33.

[13]      Ibid, p. xiv.

[14]      (1998) 195 CLR 337.

[15]      See Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution: Report of the Expert Panel, p. 137; Geoffrey Lindell, 'The Constitution Commission and Australia's first inhabitants:  its views on agreement making and a new power to legislate revisited', Australian International Law Review vol. 15, no. 2, 2011, p. 36; Megan Davis, 'Constitutional reform and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: why do we want it now?', Indigenous Law Bulletin, vol. 7, no. 25, 2011, p. 10.

[16]      Mr Mark Leibler AC, Senior Partner, Arnold Bloch Leibler, Committee Hansard, 14 August 2014, p. 37.

[17]      Ibid, p. 38.

[18]      The Hon Delia Lawrie MLA, Leader of the Opposition, Northern Territory Parliament, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2014, p. 29; Ms June Oscar AO, Chief Executive Officer, Marninwarntikura Women's Resource Centre, Committee Hansard, 23 July 2014, p. 8; Mr Peter Arndt, Executive Officer, Brisbane Archdiocese Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Committee Hansard, 30 June 2014, p. 24; Mr Ian Trust, Chairman and Executive Director, Wunan Foundation, Committee Hansard, 22 July 2014, p. 16; Ms Priscilla Collins, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Peak Organisations Northern Territory, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2014, p. 2; Ms Olga Havnen, Chief Executive Officer, Danila Dilba Health Service, Committee Hansard, 20 August 2014, p. 20; Ms Tammy Solonec, Member, Aboriginal Lawyers Committee, Law Society of Western Australia, Committee Hansard, 10 September 2014, p. 2; Mr Nolan Hunter, Chief Executive Officer, Kimberley Land Council, Committee Hansard, 21 July 2014, pp 1–2. 

[19]      Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution: Report of the Expert Panel, January 2012, p. 153.

[20]      Anne Twomey, 'A revised proposal for indigenous constitutional recognition', Sydney Law Review, vol. 36, no. 3, 2014, p. 394–395; United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, General Recommendation No 32: The Meaning and Scope of Special Measures in the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, 75th session, United Nations Doc. CERD/C/GC/32, 24 September 2009.

[21]      RECOGNISE THIS is a youth-led movement to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Australian Constitution, a partnership between RECOGNISE, the National Centre of Indigenous Excellence and YourExtraLife.

[22]      RECOGNISE THIS, Youth Report on Constitutional Recognition, Indigenous Youth Engagement Council, 2013, p. 31.

[23]      See, for example, Reconciliation Victoria, Submission 35, p. 1; ANTaR, Submission 7, p. 6; Oxfam Australia, Submission 10, p. 5; Mr Ian Brown, President, Queensland Law Society, Committee Hansard, 30 June 2014, p. 9; Mr Selwyn Button, CEO, Queensland Aboriginal and Islander Health Council, Committee Hansard, 30 June 2014, p. 19; Mr Peter Arndt, Executive Officer, Brisbane Archdiocese Catholic Justice and Peace Commission, Committee Hansard, 30 June 2014, p. 24; Ms Dierdre Robertson, Co-Convenor, Shepparton Region Reconciliation Group, 13 August 2014, p. 8; Mr Peter Quinlan SC, President, Western Australian Bar Association, Committee Hansard, 21 July 2014, p. 10.

[24]      Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution: Report of the Expert Panel, January 2012, p. 172; Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Interim report, 15 July 2014, p. 17.

[25]      Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, Interim report, 15 July 2014, p. 26.

[26]      Professor George Williams AO, Advice to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 29 September 2014, p. 2.

[27]      Ibid.

[28]      Dr Anne Twomey, Advice to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 30 September 2014, pp 2–3.

[29]      Professor George Williams AO, Advice to the Joint Select Committee on Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples, 29 September 2014, p. 3.

[30]      Recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples in the Constitution: Report of the Expert Panel, January 2012, p. 224.

[31]      Mr Damien Freeman and Mr Julian Leeser, Submission 29, p. 2.

[32]      Ibid.

Appendix 1 - Background

[1]        Hon Mr Christopher Pyne MP, Leader of the House, Minister for Education, House of Representatives Hansard, 21 November 2013, p. 969.

[2]        Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Recognition Act 2013 (Commonwealth), preamble.