Can you define 'issues relating to First Peoples'?
The actual wording of the proposed constitutional change is "matters related to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples." It helps to think of this as covering two kinds of 'matters':
- Firstly, matters that would clearly affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, such as a change to the Native Title Act.
- Secondly, the wording would include proposed laws or policies that apply to everyone but have (or should have) a distinctive effect on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in some way – Policies to stop the over-representation of young Indigenous peoples in prisons are one example.