Geoff Gallop on learning from how Australia advanced its thinking on First Peoples in the past, and can maybe learn how to do reform again

As Australia and the First peoples contemplate treaty and constitutional recognition, there must be an acceptance that there are two major players in this, the First Peoples and the Australian electorate. A facilitated dialogue, like a mini-public may have the best likelihood of people and ideas coming together in the search for the best outcome.

This article is adapted from the 2019 Reid Oration, delivered by Emeritus Professor Geoff Gallop, and hosted in Perth, Western Australia by IPAA WA on August 27, 2019.