New Caledonia has had an indigenous body advise government since 1999. What can Australia learn?

By Eddie Wayuone Wadrawane, Associate Lecturer, Université de Nouvelle Calédonie
Isabelle Merle, Directrice de recherche au CNRS (CNRS, CREDO, UMR 7308), histoire de la colonisation, histoire du Pacifique et de la Nouvelle-Calédonie,, Aix-Marseille Université (AMU)
Matthias Kowasch, Professor of Didactics in Geography, Pädagogische Hochschule Steiermark
Simon Batterbury, Associate Professor, Environmental Studies & Convenor, Melbourne Climate Futures Academy, The University of Melbourne

It’s important to understand that a First Nations consultative body such as the Customary Senate doesn’t pose a ‘threat’ to democracy or the rule of law.

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