Listen to the launch of Dr Harris’ new book Indigenous Peoples and Constitutional Reform in Australia: Beyond Mere Recognition and the panel discussion with Michelle Grattan, Professor Stan Grant Jnr, Dr Bede Harris and Professor Dominic O’Sullivan facilitated by Professor Mark Evans, Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research).
The panel discussed a variety of themes—political, philosophical, and ethical—which arose in the context of First Nations reform following the defeat of the Voice Referendum, including:
– The political context and the possibilities for constitutional and other means of democratic reform on First Nations issues moving forward.
– Ethical responsibility and obligation and the potential for grass-roots communities and other forms of political organisations and ideas-sharing entities to play a role in democratic reform.
– The international context in which Australia currently falls short of its responsibilities to First Nations peoples.
– The relationship between faith, religion, ethics, and spiritual humanism in rooting Australian nationhood and community in deeper moral foundations for participating in politics.
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