Chris Minns Is Hiring an Executive Director for Truth and Healing, Paying Up to $339,000 – and You Must Be Indigenous to Apply: Voice by Stealth
The New South Wales Premier’s Office is hiring an executive director to lead the government on truth and healing following the failed Voice to Parliament referendum.
The role is reserved exclusively for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander candidates and requires a salary of up to $339,000.
A newly released job advertisement says the successful candidate will be “responsible for embedding the Aboriginal voice in policies, plans and programs” in government.
“This role will focus on telling the truth to anchor healing and celebrate culture.”
Despite Australia’s strong opposition to a constitutional voice to Parliament, this senior government role will be responsible for “developing an incubator team for future reform initiatives” around “Truth, Treaty and Voice”.
Truth, Treaty and Voice are the three pillars of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. While the “Voice” was seen as the first path, the “highlight of the agenda” is actually the development of treaties and truth-telling mechanisms.
The New South Wales Premier’s Office is hiring an executive director to lead the government on truth and healing following the failed Voice to Parliament referendum
The role is reserved exclusively for Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander candidates and requires a salary of up to $339,000
NSW Premier Chris Minns has now been accused by Prue Macsween of trying to “secretly implement” this – against the wishes of the Australian public.
NSW Nationals leader Dugald Saunders told 2GB’s Ben Fordham he only found out about the position when the program brought it to his attention on Thursday, saying it appeared to be a particularly short recruiting window.
The job advertisement was published on October 20th and closes on November 12th.
Australians went to the polls on October 14 and voted 61 percent to 39 percent against voting in the constitution.
Throughout the election campaign, Treaty and Truth was a major source of public concern, as was the lack of information about the scope of the advisory committee.
Mr Saunders warned that the short application period could indicate the department had “people in mind” for the job, noting the salary would be higher than what some ministers in the Minns administration earn.
Australians went to the polls on October 14 and voted 61 percent to 39 percent against voting in the constitution
Truth, Treaty and Voice are the three pillars of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. While the “Voice” was seen as the first path, the “highlight of the agenda” is actually the development of treaties and truth-telling mechanisms
“It’s a very strange time to appoint an executive director for Truth and Healing when we just had a referendum that gave a very definitive answer,” he said.
“The prime minister hasn’t mentioned anything about it at all.”
“Right now, the cost of living is everything. ‘Right now you shouldn’t be focused on telling the truth and healing.’
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Back in August, a similar Victorian government job advertisement published exclusively by Daily Mail Australia sparked outrage, with Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price warning that the high salary could be an indicator of what was to come for the Voice committee.
The role – Deputy Secretary of the First Peoples State Relations Group – would provide executive leadership and strategy to the Victorian Government to find practical solutions to emerging policy issues
Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander people were strongly encouraged to apply for the position, which has a fixed-term term of up to five years
Then-premier Dan Andrews’ department applied for a position helping to advance the treaty and truth-telling in Victoria, with a whopping salary package of up to $533,431.
The role – Deputy Secretary of the First Peoples State Relations Group – would provide executive leadership and strategy to the Victorian Government to find practical solutions to emerging policy issues.
The advertisement described the work as “an exciting opportunity to be part of progress related to First Peoples’ cultural rights, land justice, self-determination, treaty and truth.”
The successful candidate would receive a total compensation package between $410,018 and $533,431 depending on experience and negotiation skills.
Victoria is relatively advanced in treaty negotiations and is the furthest along in Australia, having begun the formal process in 2016.
Still, insiders say the state is at least 10 years away from finalizing contracts or finding a solution.