📘 Constitution Amendment (Recognition of Aboriginal People) Act 2015
022 of 2015Assented 17 September 2015
This Act amends the Constitution Act 1889 to acknowledge Aboriginal people as the First People of Western Australia and traditional custodians of the land, seeking reconciliation. It also updates historical references in the Preamble and removes an obsolete section.
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Aboriginal people are positively affected through formal recognition in the Constitution. The general public is affected by the symbolic and reconciliatory nature of the amendment. Government agencies may need to consider this recognition in policy and practice.
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