{"id":217314,"date":"2018-09-05T20:24:27","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T10:24:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=217314"},"modified":"2022-11-28T18:24:05","modified_gmt":"2022-11-28T08:24:05","slug":"joint-committee-to-visit-cherbourg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2018\/09\/05\/joint-committee-to-visit-cherbourg\/","title":{"rendered":"Joint Committee To Visit Cherbourg"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_217327\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-217327\" style=\"width: 740px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ulurustatement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-217327\" src=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ulurustatement.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"740\" height=\"511\" srcset=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ulurustatement.jpg 620w, https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/ulurustatement-300x207.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 740px) 100vw, 740px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-217327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Uluru Statement From The Heart &#8230; a joint declaration drafted after a gathering of Indigenous representatives from across Australia at Uluru in 2017<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>September 5, 2018<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Federal Government&#8217;s Joint Select Committee investigating Constitutional Recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be coming to Cherbourg.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee presented an interim report in July but is continuing to hold public hearings in communities around Australia.<\/p>\n<p>In its interim report, the Committee considered the proposal for a &#8220;First Nations Voice&#8221; which arose from the &#8220;Uluru Statement From The Heart&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee is interested in hearing further evidence about the structure, functions, and establishment of a Voice, and how such a body might best work to empower the local, regional, and national voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee is also interested in hearing evidence on other proposals for Constitutional change and proposals for truth-telling and agreement making.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee will hold two public hearings in Canberra on September 11 and 18.<\/p>\n<p><strong>It will be coming to Cherbourg on October 12.\u00a0Members of the community are welcome to attend.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other public hearings will be held at Wodonga, Shepparton, Melbourne, Launceston, Thursday Island, Townsville, Palm Island, Brisbane and Western Sydney.<\/p>\n<p>Individuals or organisations who wish to speak with the Committee are encouraged to email the secretariat on <strong><a href=\"mailto:jsccr@aph.gov.au\">jsccr@aph.gov.au<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Further details about the hearings will be made available on the Committee\u2019s <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.aph.gov.au\/jsccr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Committee is also seeking additional submissions examining the issues set out in the interim report, and addressing the questions posed in the final chapter.<\/p>\n<p>These should be received by September 17.<\/p>\n<p>The Committee is due to present its final report to the Parliament on November 29.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Government&#8217;s Joint Select Committee investigating Constitutional Recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples will be coming to Cherbourg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":217327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[1135],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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