Movement for a treaty with Australia’s First Nations gathers momentum
Tony McAvoy, The Point with Stan Grant, NITV:
Tony McAvoy: The time to push for a treaty is right now
‘Australia’s first Indigenous Senior Counsel, Tony McAvoy is a strong advocate
for treaty over recognition.
He addressed the ‘Need for Treaty’ forum in Sydney on Tuesday night.’
http://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/the-point-with-stan-grant/article/2016/03/15/tony-mcavoy-time-push-treaty-right-now
15 Mar 16:
“KEY POINTS
* A treaty is achievable
* There must be an acknowledgment that Australia was not settled
* The assertions of sovereignty by the British Colonies, and now by
the Commonwealth of Australia, are flawed
* We need an Assembly of First Nations
* There must be land reform
* There must be changes to the land tenure arrangements
* There must be reparations, compensation and equitable benefit sharing
* Structural reform needs to take place at many levels
* There needs to be guaranteed representation in Parliament … ”
Redfern forum: ‘Treaty framework achievable within next few years’
15 Mar 16:
“Over one-hundred people attend a landmark meeting to discuss a way forward for treaty in the next few years. In front of a packed crowd in Sydney’s Redfern Community Centre, Wirra man and Australia’s first Indigenous Senior Counsel Tony McAvoy opened the night with a decisive plan for treaty. “It is achievable that within the next few years, that we will have set a
framework for treaties to be entered into by First Nations,” says Mr McAvoy. “I think the time is now and I don’t think we should defer it,” he said to applause front the audience. … “
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