Episode 6: The People's Constitution by Bronwyn Kelly (Chapter 2 - Parts 1 & 2)

In Episode 6 Bronwyn Kelly reads Chapter 2 – Parts 1 & 2 of her book, The People's Constitution: the path to empowerment of Australians in a 21st century democracy. The chapter is about setting a path to power for the people and Bronwyn begins to explain how the power of self-determination can be secured for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians if they can be given a voice in a people’s constitution. She elaborates on how this is likely to spark a significant transformation in the form of state we have now by vesting the sovereign will in the people of Australia (rather than in the monarch) and by eliminating the racist elements of the current Constitution. She also outlines how a new national, democratic, open forum will need to be established to facilitate this transformation and to ensure orderly decision making can occur going forward. Bronwyn also elaborates on the need to learn from the experience of other democracies if we are to design a good model for a new constitution - one that suits Australians. For this purpose she examines the strengths and weaknesses of the American Constitution and compares that to a model for a new democracy that has been inspired by the First Nations Voice.   This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit bronwynkelly.substack.com