O le a le Leo, ae o le a finauga lagolago ma tete'e iai?
I le 2017, na potopoto ai i Uluru ta'ita'i e to'a 250 o tagata muamua.
O i'ina na latou fausia ai le Mau mai le Fatu, le Uluru Statement from the Heart.
Na latou vala'au ai mo se Leo, Feagaiga, Mea Moni: Voice, Treaty and Truth.
O le mau, na lauina e Professor Megan Davis, se sui o le Referendum Council.
"We seek constitutional reforms to empower our people and take a rightful place in our own country. When we have power over our destiny our children will flourish. They will walk in two worlds and their culture will be a gift to their country. We call for the establishment of a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution. "
I le mae'a ai o le 6 tausaga, o lea o le a tu'uina le fesili i tagatanu'u o Ausetalia pe talia le fanoga mai Uluru e faia se suiga i le faavae.
O le a tonu le Leo, le Voice?
I se faamatalaina mai le First Nations Referendum Working Group, o le Leo, o se itutino e tu'uina i le palemene tele ma le malo fautuaga ma manatu i faai'uga ma tulafono e taua ma a'afia ai le manuia o tagata Aboriginal ma Atumotu Torres Straits.
Na saunoa Pat Anderson, o se sui o le Referendum Working Group, e taua le Leo ona o le a auai ai tagata muamua i le soalaupuleina o mata'upu ma fuafuaga e fitoitonu ma lo latou lumana'i manuia.
"It's a universal truism that when you involve people that you're making decisions for, you make better decisions, and better allocation of the all the resources that are required. This is fundamental to any democracy. And you know Australia is one of the few liberal democracies in the world that does not have any arrangement, any settlement with its first peoples."
E le o se manatu fou.
Na faaalia e le Reconciliation Australia ua lata i le selau tausaga o finau tagata Aboriginal ma Atumotu Torres Straits i so latou leo i 'upufai o le atunu'u.
Na saunoa le minisita o mata'upu i tagata muamua, Linda Burney, e tatau ona talia le fanoga mai ta'ita'i o tagata muamua.
"122 years after the Australian Constitution was formed, more than 80 years since William Cooper had his petition, 35 years since the Burunga statement, 30 years since Keating's Redfern speech. 16 years since John Howard promised a referendum for recognition. 15 years since the apology. 13 years since the expert panel on Constitutional recognition, and six years, everyone, since the Uluru Statement from the Heart. The question must surely be asked. How much longer do Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People have to wait for recognition? When will we finally resolve this unfinished business? "
Aisea e tatau ai ona tu'uina le Leo i totonu o le faavae?
O loo finau i latou o loo tete'e, e leai se uiga ma se aoga o le suia o le faavae, ae sa tatau ona faatulafonoina i auala masani e le palemene.
Ae o le finauga mai ta'ita'i o tagata muamua, o le tu'uina i le faavae, e mautinoa ai e le toe suia i ni tulafono a le palemene e pei ona sa molimauina i isi faalapotopotoga na faavaeina e le malo e pei o le ATSIC, le Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
O se tasi o sui o loo tuleia le Mau mo se Leo, o Marcia Langton o le Referendum Working Group.
"The Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. The inquiry into the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families. The Don Dale Royal Commission. I could go on and on. And in each case we have doggedly recommended changes to stop the deaths, the incarceration, the early deaths, and the miserable lives and it is so infrequently that our recommendations are adopted. This is why we cannot report on many improvements in the closing the gap indicators. We're here to draw a line in the sand and say, this has to change, people's lives have to improve, and we know from the evidence that what improves people's lives is when they get a say. And that's what this is about. "
Aisea e tatau ai ona muamua pasia se Leo ae le o se Feagaiga ma le Mea Moni?
O loo finau le Mau e tatau ona muamua faavae se itutino e faapitoa i tagata muamua e soalaupuleina ma faigamalo i le lumana'i se feagaiga - i le taimi nei e le o iai se itutino faapena.
O loo atagia i le tele o polls le lagolagoina e le to'atele o tagata i le atunu'u o se tulaga aloa'ia o tagata muamua i le faavae.
Peita'i e foliga mai ua amata ona se'e i tua le lagolagoina o le Leo i lona tulaga o iai nei.
Na iai le naunauta'iga i le malo e lagolago atu le itu-agai i le mau - e le tele se avanoa o le manumalo o le Mau i le referendum pe a le lagolagoina e itu uma o le palemene.
Peita'i ua faaalia e le soofaatasiga o loo i le itu-agai lo latou lagolagoina o le LEAI.
Na saunoa le ta'ita'i o le itu-agai, Peter Dutton, e le o se Leo o tagata muamua, o le Leo o Canberra "the Canberra Voice".
"If a voice is embedded in the Constitution, the Parliament can't change the voice or pass laws to override it. The Parliament cannot out legislate the Constitution. If Australians have buyer's remorse, the Voice comes with a no returns policy. It's here to stay. And yet this institution hasn't even been road-tested. It hasn't been legislated as has been the case in South Australia, and the Albanese government has this option available - open to them - today."
O se tasi o loo tete'e malosi i le Leo, o le sui o le itu-agai i mata'upu i tagata muamua, o se tama'ita'i e tupuga mai i tagata muamua i le Northen Territory, Jacinta Nampijinpa.
Na ia saunoa o le tele o le taimi ma manatu faaalia i le Leo, ua ave'ese mai ai le va'ai i le anoano o galuega ma polokalame e tatau ona faatino mo le soifuaga manuia o tagata muamua.
" We're being put on hold until this referendum is done, and real issues aren't being addressed immediately because the Albanese government is suggesting that it is a Voice to Parliament that is the only thing that is going to solve some of our tough issues. Which is completely and utterly untrue. It is his responsibility. It is the Minister for Indigenous Australians responsibility to address these immediate concerns that are taking place right here right now."
O seisi tagata muamua o loo tete'e i le Leo, o le alii o Warren Mundine.
Na ia faaalia o le ma'imau o tupe i le referendum - tupe sa tatau ona faaalu i polokalame o a'oga ma pisinisi mo tagata muamua.
"My view on the voice to Parliament is that is a total waste of money, you know there is 300 and something million dollars being spent, which could be spent on community projects out there in the regions of remote Australia. It is built on the foresaw that Aboriginal People don’t have a Voice. We’ve always had a voice…and we’ve had a strong a strong voice, ever since 1973. My thing is that we need to get economic development, jobs, education and investment into those communities and building businesses . That would be the only thing that will make the difference."
(Ripoti na faamaopoopoina e Claire Slattery mo le SBS News, tapenaina mo faasalalauga e Ioane Tiperio Lafoa'i mo le SBS Samoan).
