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CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (CONSTITUTIONAL RECOGNITION OF ABORIGINAL PEOPLE) BILL 2016 BILL 53 OF 2016

                                   FACT SHEET

 Constitution Amendment (Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal People) Bill
                                   2016

This Bill amends the Preamble of the Constitution Act 1934 by inserting a new paragraph
of text. The new text is a factual statement of acknowledgement and recognition of
Aboriginal people as Tasmania’s First People.
The draft amendment is consistent with the recommendations of the House of
Assembly Standing Committee on Community Development Inquiry into the
Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginal People as Tasmania’s First People.
Tasmania is the only state in Australia that has not already provided for constitutional
recognition of Aboriginal people.
 
 

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