AUSTRALIA ABORIGINALS SEEK OFFICIAL ROLE
Aboriginal leaders in Australia have made a plea for a treaty and a formal “voice” to be enshrined in the constitution after outlining their demands in a historic “statement from the heart.”
At a three-day convention at Uluru, formerly known as Ayers Rock, the 250 delegates called for a referendum to change the constitution to “empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country.”
Australia is the only Commonwealth country in which the indigenous people do not have a formal treaty.