The Uluru Statement, regarding an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, is not representative of grass-roots Aboriginal opinion. The Uluru elders themselves were not consulted appropriately. The process was and is being manipulated by a small group of elite activists and is an abuse of power, something the Australian Crime Commission Final Report of the National Indigenous Intelligence Task Force (2006-14) found is widespread in Aboriginal communities. The small group pushing this divisive Voice to Parliament has, for decades, dismally failed Aboriginal people, who are rarely consulted.
Many Aboriginal communities have also been overtaken by fake Aboriginal people, who control their resources and access to money. An effective Aboriginal Voice to Parliament is impossible while widespread Aboriginal identity fraud is allowed to continue.
There have been numerous parliamentary enquiries into Aboriginal affairs, which have achieved little. The billions spent on public servant salaries, failed experiments and consultancies should have achieved specific measurable results by now. Law and order, domestic violence, victimisation, poor quality housing, poor education outcomes, poor school attendance, youth suicide, drug abuse and life expectancy and more, remain unresolved. This Voice to Parliament is just another elite project aimed at covering up these failures.
We therefore ask the House to end race-based funding and to reject the unrepresentative and divisive Uluru Statement and any separate Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Instead the House should request and assist a truly representative group of Aboriginal elders and traditional owners to meet and discuss a way forward, in consultation with the Federal Government.