Uluru Statement

2022 - 5 - 22

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Debate over Indigenous Voice to Parliament may define Anthony ... (ABC Message Stick)

So it was a notable shift to hear incoming prime minister Anthony Albanese open his victory speech with what he spelled out as a key ambition — creating an ...

Anthony Albanese has said he will reach out to the new leader of the Coalition in attempt to find common ground and shift conservative opposition to a referendum on the Voice. Building consensus on a path towards a referendum is likely to be one of the major challenges for the Albanese government, but it will be helped by a wave of new independent MPs who support the move. The new leader has said he wants a referendum in this term of government to change the constitution to create a permanent Indigenous advisory body to the federal parliament.

Voice, treaty, truth: what does Labor's commitment to Uluru ... (The Guardian)

Indigenous Australians have been calling for a voice to parliament since 2017, and Albanese has vowed to hold a referendum during his first term.

Labor’s First Nations Caucus Committee is expected to drive these significant reforms, led by Linda Burney who promised Labor would “move quickly” to embark on the process of reform. “Makarrata” is a Yolngu word that means to come together after a struggle or dispute, to make peace. Another challenge will come from the Greens, who now have a greater presence in federal parliament, and whose policy is for a treaty first. It’s time we put the discussion at the centre of our national discourse and took it to a vote,” the incoming Indigenous affairs minister, Linda Burney said last week. The Uluru Statement calls for a permanent forum of representation from which First Nations can advocate for their peoples to the parliament and government. From 2019, the former Indigenous affairs minister Ken Wyatt spent three years developing an alternative process of “Indigenous voice co-design”. The co-design group, all government appointees, met more than 70 times and developed a legislated model which was discussed – and criticised – but never tabled.

Uluru statement a high priority: Burney (Cowra Guardian)

Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart would be as high a priority for the new Labor government as the apology to the Stolen Generation, ...

A referendum on a voice to parliament would be the first referendum in more than 20 years. "It is not a voice to the government, it is a voice, in my view, to the parliament that can give advice on issues directly affecting First Nations people," she said. Implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart would be as high a priority for the new Labor government as the apology to the Stolen Generation, according to the party's incoming Indigenous affairs minister.

Labor has won the election and the Greens may have power. What ... (National Indigenous Times)

So Labor has won and Anthony Albanese will guide Australia for the next three years. This is good news for First Nations people, first-and-foremost in the ...

This is an area the Greens could use their newfound power in parliament to force change for good. With as many as four seats likely for the Greens, they could well be in a position to use their numbers to get their concerns on the table. This is good news for First Nations people, first-and-foremost in the fact we will have a referendum on a Voice to Parliament enshrined in the constitution by 2025.

Albanese recommits to Uluru Statement to begin victory speech (SBS)

The Prime Minister-elect also announced that Wiradjuri woman Linda Burney would be Labor's Minister for Indigenous Affairs.

I want to acknowledge the work of the prime minister and Josh Frydenberg." I want to acknowledge them. There are some amazing people who supported the Liberal Party day in, day out. Through good times and bad," he said. "That is the burden and that is the responsibility of leadership." "To my colleagues who have had to deal with very difficult news, and have lost their seats tonight, I as leader take responsibility for the wins and the losses," he told supporters at Liberal headquarters in Sydney.

Prime Minister Albanese's victory speech brings hope for First ... (The Conversation AU)

The new government also celebrates the first female Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Linda Burney, as another significant and historic occasion. Albanese's ...

We do not need to have constitutional enshrinement of an Indigenous Voice to begin the process of government and parliament deeply listening to Indigenous Peoples for equity in decision-making. This election has been surprising, because we could not assume obvious winners in the choice of multiple opinions, parties, independents and positions. Indigenous Voice is not a third chamber, but rather the process in which our gaps of relationship-building are filled. It is exciting to think how far we might come as an Australian population when we look to Indigenous-led processes of inclusion as a model for those other marginalised voices. Across 2020 and 2021, the working groups for Indigenous Voice heard from almost 9,500 Indigenous and other Australians who offered their thoughts on how a Voice to Parliament might work in practice. This Voice to Parliament would not depend on anything more than the creation of an Act of parliament.