澳大利亚土著参议员Lidia Thorpe将种族歧视比作"癌症"，呼吁建立皇家委员会调查针对第一民族人民的种族歧视问题[1]。北领地地方委员会主席Matthew Ryan也加入这一呼声，主张将此事提升为国家层面的最高级别调查，表示"这应该成为皇家委员会调查，我们继续在这上面拖延"[1]。
Ryan指出，Northern Territory Country Liberal Government的儿童驱逐政策、原住民监禁过度以及高自杀率等现象构成了"现代奴隶制"[1]。Thorpe强调皇家委员会将拥有更大的权力和问责能力来应对这些问题[1]。此前，Thorpe曾呼吁将现有反犹太主义皇家委员会的调查范围扩大至针对第一民族的种族歧视，但政府予以拒绝[1]。
Indigenous Senator Lidia Thorpe has joined calls for the establishment of a royal commission to examine systemic racism affecting First Nations Australians. [1] Thorpe characterized racism as "like a cancer," emphasizing the urgent need for a comprehensive inquiry with greater investigative powers and accountability mechanisms. [1]
Matthew Ryan, chair of the Northern Territory Country Liberal Government, has also advocated for elevating the investigation to a national royal commission, arguing that the government should stop delaying action on the matter. [1] Ryan pointed to child removal policies, excessive Indigenous incarceration rates, and elevated suicide figures as evidence of what he described as modern slavery. [1]
Thorpe had previously called for expanding the scope of an existing royal commission into antisemitism to include racism against First Nations people, but the government rejected the proposal. [1]