Aboriginal Reconciliation In Australia

Before beginning this presentation, I would just like to acknowledge the area which we now know as the City of Wyndham was a place of much significance to the local Aboriginal people and that we should respect the first Australians of this land.
Many native people around the world have been known to undergo a pattern of mistreatment and oppression, Australia is not exempt from this. There have been a few improvements over the years, as many have tried to restore the implications made in the past, however there are still indigenous people suffering. Through the following of this presentation, the Aboriginal reconciliation movement will be discussed, along with other methods of improving the inequity between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians. For instance, if you were to travel to a foreign country, wouldn’t you do a little research about that country …show more content…
For instance, section 51, 26 of the Australian Constitution otherwise known as ‘the race power’ initially stated, ‘The people of any race other than the aboriginal race in any state, for whom it is deemed necessary to make special laws.’ With the 1967 referendum the words other than the aboriginal race in any state were removed. Although, these efforts have been made, there are still numerous issues that the indigenous people face. The Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER), which includes 73 Indigenous communities is an example of this. The NTER was not included in the Racial Discrimination Act (RDA) spoken of previously, therefore the government has the option to neglect the RDA, if they choose to do so. Another example, would be that the Australian Constitution has failed to formally recognise indigenous Australians of all states and territories as the first peoples of this