Indigenous Voices to Parliament: The Scandinavian Model

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On the 14th of October we'll all be voting in a referendum on changing the constitution to recognised Indigenous Australia’s by the establishment of an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. For over 30 years Norway, Sweden and Finland have all had such bodies known as Nordic Sami parliaments. Each of these bodies makes representations to the national government on matters impacting Sámi people. So how do they work and can their experience make our decision  in a couple of weeks any clearer.