cover image: OUR FACT SHEET ON THE VOICE TO PARLIAMENT - Researchers from the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law have compiled this fact sheet on the

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OUR FACT SHEET ON THE VOICE TO PARLIAMENT - Researchers from the Castan Centre for Human Rights Law have compiled this fact sheet on the

14 May 2023

WHAT IS THE VOICE TO PARLIAMENT? The Voice to Parliament is one element of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and will be the subject of a constitutional referendum in 2023. [...] The Australian Constitution was Voice in the Constitution, it requires that the enacted in 1901, it establishes the Parliament and the Government do not Commonwealth Government and governs simply hear those Indigenous voices that the relationship of the Commonwealth they choose. [...] The Constitution also sets out whether you think the Voice should exist, the powers and responsibilities of the because it is the existence of the Voice that Commonwealth Parliament - those matters will be enshrined in the Constitution. [...] The Voice to Parliament will unite the nation, as the rst step towards the pathway to reconciliation outlined in the Uluru Statement from the Heart. [...] READ MORE MYTH 9: THE VOICE OFFENDS THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUALITY The referendum on the Voice to Parliament will guide the proposedconstitutional change to enable First Nations people to be heard in THAT IS CENTRAL TO THE CONSTITUTION AND OUR matters that affect them.
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