Fed: Key recommendations of 2020 summit indigenous stream

AAP General News (Australia)
04-20-2008
Fed: Key recommendations of 2020 summit indigenous stream

Key recommendations of the indigenous stream of the Australia 2020 summit:



* Establish a new philosophical framework to negotiate a new definition of the relationship
between indigenous and non-indigenous Australians.

* Increase the formal and legal recognition of Aborigines, possibly in the form of a treaty.

* Create a new watchdog to hold governments to account on indigenous issues.

* Establish a new national indigenous representative body.

* Establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children's Future Fund.

* Establish a national Indigenous Knowledge Centre network.

* Endorse the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People.

* Foster more and better partnerships between indigenous communities and business.

* Develop a new education framework to give real choice for indigenous children to
get high quality education, including to attend boarding schools or hostels.



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