Nayuka Gorrie is an Aboriginal woman who has one thing in common with Cory Bernardi and Andrew Bolt.

None of them support constitutional recognition for Indigenous people, despite Australia looking to hold a referendum on the issue next year.

Nayuka Gorrie is one of a growing number of Aboriginal Australians who want a treaty instead of recognition and she outlined her views in a popular and provocative article for VICE online.

Here, she outlines her argument to Lateline:

A treaty forces you to see me as an equal, with a separate identity, history and culture that has existed for tens of thousands of years. Recognition forces me to ask to be seen by you in a colonial system that I don't want to legitimise. F*** that.

The share house analogy

Imagine for a moment you're living in this sick share house, you have rules, you have food, and you all pay rent on time. Then suddenly some random starts rocking up and using your shit and utilities. After 228 years, you're like, 'hey bro, can we talk about that time you moved in and didn't ask?' Your only real choice is to ask them to sign onto the lease. We were here first, pay the bond. But instead, this housemate says they'll recognise you and they'll ask all their friends which way would be the best way to do it.

Another concern I have is that constitutional recognition is entirely symbolic. It needs to be coupled with something real and tangible. Take for example the 2008 apology to Stolen Generations. Kevin Rudd's words don't mean much to me when we have more black kids than ever being taken from their homes. It's the legal equivalent of sharing that dumb Kony video: nice, misguided, but does f*** all.

Aboriginal people make up less than 3pc of the population