This is disgusting that it’s 2023 and this hasn’t happened already

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 63%. (I'm a bot)

> The Australian government on Thursday introduced a parliamentary bill to change the country's constitution to recognize Indigenous peoples.

> It will be made up of Indigenous members elected by their own people to advise government and lawmakers on key policies affecting their communities.

> Australian Attorney General Mark Dreyfus told lawmakers "I trust the Australian people to understand that this is an opportunity for a better future-not just for the first people of Australia, but for all Australians."

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>It formally begins a process towards giving Australia's first peoples a say in policy affecting them.

Things I learned today: Australian Aborigines were prohibited from running for elected office. Shame !

That's not what the article says. Indigenous Australians can, do, and already are representatives in government. The referendum is about establishing a specific first nations voice to parliament overall. MPs technically only represent their party and the constituents of their electorate so it is not the same thing.

I was being sarcastic, I didn't think I needed a /s tag.

Anyways, Hooray for duplicate, redundant layers of government !

This is world news, where randoms frequently comment on many threads about countries and issues they know little about, without reading the source to boot. So yeahhhhh

Oh no, I'm not a troll. I am in fact an Aboriginal, living on an Indian reserve in Canada. Go on, ask me anything. I dare ya.

Nah I don't mean you're a troll, all I'm saying is in some of the bigger or main subs you can't take for granted the tone of comments just because of the variety of people posting