Integration, More Than Recognition, Ensures Success
Commentary
Integration into a wider society works. That is why Australia is one of the most successful countries on the planet. This nation, like no other, has managed to draw together peoples from all four corners of the globe, united by a common set of values: namely, tolerance, respect, and equality before the law.
The reasons perpetuated by proponents of the constitutional Voice to Parliament, including, among others, that our founding document will be “complete” by recognising that Aborigines enjoyed “sovereignty” before European settlement.
Further, they assert that what is being proposed is very modest in that Aborigines simply want to be heard in relation to matters that have a direct bearing on their lives….