I agree this should be a no-brainer, especially since it's so little. The only worry i would have is that this could demobilize some of the enthusiasm behind the movement for indigenous rights/autonomy, at least as far as the liberal allies are concerned who will view this as having done enough and think now all is magically fixed.
I hope that this passes and that this is just the first step to more substantial, tangible progress. But i don't think that the settler state will ever just willingly give that to the colonized peoples.
Why stop at nothing? for the activists anyway. Just a step to another step. One thing I remember about ATSIC (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) was at the minimum it got indigenous voices in the media. Whether or not they were the right voices is open, but at least here was a voice to be heard. In the end ATSIC was reduced to "Aboriginals Talking Shit in Canberra" and was disbanded. Whatever replaced it can't have had much of a voice because I don't know what it was.
I agree this should be a no-brainer, especially since it's so little. The only worry i would have is that this could demobilize some of the enthusiasm behind the movement for indigenous rights/autonomy, at least as far as the liberal allies are concerned who will view this as having done enough and think now all is magically fixed.
I hope that this passes and that this is just the first step to more substantial, tangible progress. But i don't think that the settler state will ever just willingly give that to the colonized peoples.
Why stop at nothing? for the activists anyway. Just a step to another step. One thing I remember about ATSIC (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission) was at the minimum it got indigenous voices in the media. Whether or not they were the right voices is open, but at least here was a voice to be heard. In the end ATSIC was reduced to "Aboriginals Talking Shit in Canberra" and was disbanded. Whatever replaced it can't have had much of a voice because I don't know what it was.