 14 October 2023 Australians can vote for The Voice, for an independent, representative body for First Nations peoples. The referendum in Australia is an important opportunity for Australians to enshrine a First Nations Voice in the country’s constitution. The Voice will be a body representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people that will give advice to the Australian Parliament and the government on issues that affect them. It will be an advisory body with no legislative or executive power. (https://lnkd.in/giCfrATG) #directorsforthevoice We can't change the past. But we can change the future
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 Warning: Name of deceased First Nations man mentioned. All Australians have a chance to recognise the Voice of traditional owners, the custodians of country for 65,000 years. There are already many advisory bodies to Parliament, and this would also be one of them. For those who are frightened of change, change happened in 1788 - for the people already living here. For those who feel this referendum doesn't go far enough - this will be the first step towards equal Voice in a Treaty: a formal written agreement. https://lens.monash.edu/@politics-society/2019/12/06/1378508/william-cooper-visionary-indigenous-campaigner-in-a-league-of-his-own ref to 1938: https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/46494808 The Voice is needed until discrimination is no more; it is needed until the First Nations truth-telling has as strong a place as the colonial history; it is needed until First Nations people become truly of equal standing, with equal opportunities, and safety. The Voice is not new. 1938 a petition for recognition was sent to Parliament after William Cooper first started advocating in 1933, and established the Australian Aborigines' League. 2023 – 90 years later
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