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The Uluru Statement from the Heart has been awarded the Sydney Peace Prize, four years after it was delivered to the Australian people.
The landmark statement - an agreement of 250 Indigenous delegates that calls for a constitutionally-enshrined Indigenous Voice to Parliament - was issued to Australians on 26 May, 2017.
The prize was revealed on Wednesday, with the jury saying the statement brought together Australia s First Nations Peoples around a clear and comprehensive agenda for healing and peace within our nation .
“The Uluru Statement from the Heart is a powerful and historic offering of peace,” Sydney Peace Foundation chair, Archie Law, said in a media release.
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Indigenous Australians Minister Ken Wyatt says the mood of Australians towards achieving reconciliation had changed âsignificantlyâ since he came to federal Parliament and he believes the nation is ready to constructively debate the issue.
The first Aboriginal Australian elected to the House of Representatives said he senses an âundercurrentâ in Australian society that was looking at many issues to do with Indigenous Australians in a way he had never seen before.
Indigenous Australian Minister Ken Wyatt says the nation is ready to debate constitutional recognition.
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The Liberal Case For National Reconciliation, by his colleague, NSW senator Andrew Bragg on Thursday, Mr Wyatt said he believed âmore and moreâ people were caring enough to speak out and do something about it.
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87% public submissions support Indigenous Voice
87% of public submissions published to date in response to the Indigenous Voice Interim Report support a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, as called for in the Uluru Statement, analysis by the Indigenous Law Centre (ILC) based at UNSW Law and Justice finds.
Analysis by the UNSW Indigenous Law Centre (ILC) finds 82% of public submissions expressly support constitutional enshrinement of a Voice to Parliament, and a further 5% express in-principle support for constitutional enshrinement, analysis of published submissions shows.
Submissions closed today, 30 April 2021.
“The Australian public has accepted the invitation of the Uluru Statement. The submissions show overwhelming support of everyday Australians wanting to move towards a referendum to enshrine a Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution,”
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson continues push for constitutional recognition and Voice to Parliament
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Noel Pearson says as long as the nation s Indigenous peoples remain unrecognised, Australia is an absurdity .
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Indigenous leader Noel Pearson says Australia is incomplete without constitutional recognition of First Nations people, as leaders renew calls for a referendum on a Voice to Parliament.
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Noel Pearson is urging the federal government to not give up on the push for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament
He criticised political leaders for delaying holding a referendum on constitutional recognition for First Nations people
Western Australia Labor Senator Pat Dodson has excoriated the government for rejecting a motion to establish a Truth-Telling inquiry, as called for in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
On Tuesday, Liberal MP s turned down the motion, arguing such a process was a matter for respective state and territory governments.
Senator Dodson was not sparing in his criticism of the government s position. It’s a cop-out, a sham, and it’s a lie,” he said. “They ought to own up to the Australian people that they haven’t got the guts to really face the truth of how our settlement narrative really should be told.”