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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