Constitutional Recognition of Aboriginals means handing over mineral ,agricultural and all other property to Aboriginal Land Councils who will decide how the revenue from those assets will be spent on themselves - Australia's PM Albanese provides first indication of what a Yes vote for his Voice referendum will mean

 by Ganesh Sahathevan 

David Speers and Anthony Albanese at Garma Festival 2023.(ABC News: Michael Franchi)ABC reporting about the interview says nothing about Albanese's partial explanation of what recognition will mean

Speaking to David Speers on ABC Insiders this morning Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese provided the first real explanation as to what "Recognition" of Australian citizens who identify as Aboriginals might mean. 

He repeated (in essence)  these statements made earlier in the week:

"The Dhupuma Barker School at Gunyangara is truly a local success, the school attendance rates show what works," he said.

"It arose from listening, it arose from government following decision-making from the bottom up, which is why it is so important."

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney said the Garma Institute would give Yolngu people the opportunity to continue their education without having to move away from family.

The benefit account receives money from the Commonwealth based on royalties generated from mining on Aboriginal land in the Northern Territory.

Albanese told Speers that he wanted to replicate this model throughout the country, and that that could only be done if his Voice referendum passes, and Australian Aboriginals are "recognised" in the Constitution. He did not say how or why they are not already recognised as Australian citizens, and seemed to echo Aboriginal leader Noel Pearson's assertion that Aboriginals are excluded from the Constitution.