#1 Voice, Treaty and Truth with Eddie Synot

<p>From Rules to Reality is a podcast that highlights how regulation shapes, or fails to shape, our daily lives.</p> <p>Today I&rsquo;m speaking to Eddie Synot. Eddie is a Wamba Wamba man and lecturer at the Griffith Law School. A former centre manager for the Indigenous Law Center at the University of New South Wales, Eddie&rsquo;s research and interests spans Indigenous approaches to law, history, culture, anthropology, education, community development and wellbeing.</p> <p>Today we discussed law, power, and the relationship between First Nations people and the Australian state.</p> <p>Time-stamps:</p> <p>01:00 Eddie's history, story and connection to regulation.</p> <p>15:54 What "regulation" means to First Nations, colonisation, and what that means for race-relations.</p> <p>29:20 Regulation as a tool or machinery to reinforce power relations.</p> <p>35:45 The criminal justice system as an example of structurally racist regulation of conduct.&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>38:00 The Australian Constitution as providing the legal architecture for regulating race relations.</p> <p>44:30 The Uluru Statement from the Heart and how Voice, Treaty and Truth could better regulate a just relationship amongst Australians.</p> <p>59:30 The differences between a&nbsp;<em>legislated voice to government&nbsp;</em>and a&nbsp;<em>Constitutional voice to Parliament</em>, and why the latter is needed.</p> <p>71:45 What listeners can do after hearing you talk.</p> <p>Show notes:</p> <p>Write to your MP:&nbsp;<a href="https://ulurustatement.org/write-to-your-mp">https://ulurustatement.org/write-to-your-mp</a>&nbsp;</p> <p>Eddie&rsquo;s personal website: <a href="https://www.edwardjsynot.com/">https://www.edwardjsynot.com/</a></p> <p>Eddie&rsquo;s Conversation articles: <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/eddie-synot-458565/articles">https://theconversation.com/profiles/eddie-synot-458565/articles</a></p> <p>Eddie&rsquo;s twitter: @eddiesynot</p> <p>Eddie references his colleague Professor Megan Da