Five experts grade the major parties’ policies and past actions on pursuing a First Nations Voice to Parliament.
One of the recommendations from the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart, opens in a new window calls for the establishment of a First Nations Voice to parliament, enshrined in the Constitution. This would ensure First Nations people are formally consulted on government decisions and legislation affecting their communities.
However, for a Voice to parliament to be enshrined in the Constitution, it would need to be passed at a referendum.
A recent survey, opens in a new window found significant public support for a First Nations voice to parliament.
However, it seems Labor and the Coalition are clashing, opens in a new window on what this might look like in practice.
We asked five experts to grade the major parties’ policies and past actions on pursuing a Voice to parliament.
WATCH: 5 Experts rates the Coalition government policies and past actions on pursuing a Voice to Parliament.
WATCH: 5 Experts rates Labor’s policies and past actions on pursuing a Voice to Parliament.
Dani Larkin, opens in a new window, Lecturer/Deputy Director of the Indigenous Law Centre, UNSW Sydney, opens in a new window; Eddie Synot, opens in a new window, Lecturer, Griffith Law School, Griffith University, opens in a new window; Emma Lee, opens in a new window, Associate Professor, Indigenous Leadership, Swinburne University of Technology, opens in a new window; James Blackwell, opens in a new window, Research Fellow (Indigenous Diplomacy), Australian National University, opens in a new window, and Sana Nakata, opens in a new window, Associate Professor in Political Science, The University of Melbourne, opens in a new window
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