{"id":8646,"date":"2021-03-22T12:01:50","date_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:01:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8646"},"modified":"2021-03-22T12:01:50","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T01:01:50","slug":"the-uluru-statement-needs-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/?p=8646","title":{"rendered":"The Uluru Statement needs you!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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image thanks to https:\/\/ulurustatement.org\/supporter-kit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For those of you following along, here in Australia we’re getting close to the submission deadline for comment on the Indigenous Voice co-design process, with final submissions due on the 31st of March.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the zoom lecture I attended I found out that the Minister of Indigenous Affairs Ken Wyatt has not sought to push for a constitutional change, making the Indigenous Voice a government mandated rather than a constitutionally recognised position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As per the Uluru Statement Supporters Kit:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is a real risk is that constitutional recognition will be separated from the idea of a First Nations Voice. This risks the government putting in place a legislative Voice and pursuing a symbolic form of constitutional recognition that does not accord with the wishes of First Nations people themselves.<\/p>USFH+Interactive+Supporters+Kit+3+MAR+21.pdf<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

As the Kit also states:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are calling on all Australians to walk with us in support of a Voice to Parliament enshrined in the Constitution.<\/p>

A First Nations Voice, protected by the Constitution, will mean that agreement-making and truth-telling can finally be done on equal terms. With Voice, we can begin the journey of coming together after a struggle<\/em><\/p>

\u2013 Makarrata.<\/p>USFH+Interactive+Supporters+Kit+3+MAR+21.pdf<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

For anyone located on the land we now call Australia, I encourage you to take this week to engage in the Uluru Statement week of action<\/a>. First download and read the kit – it’s short, it’s pithy and contains a bunch of supporter images – here: https:\/\/ulurustatement.org\/supporter-kit<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then watch the online resources at the The Uluru Statement<\/a> website, and on their Vimeo page<\/a> (as mentioned I watched Briefing 1 from there as it happened – in fact it was mostly a listen while I was sawing – and I’ll be doing the same of Briefing 2 today – too easy!) so by Friday I’ll be writing my submission along with a whole bunch of people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Submission Generator<\/a> on the website will even walk you through it so it’s easy to get involved and support The Uluru Statement in its time of need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From one concerned Aussie to another, thank you <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

For those of you following along, here in Australia we’re getting close to the submission deadline for comment on the Indigenous Voice co-design process, with final submissions due on the 31st of March. From the zoom lecture I attended I found out that the Minister of Indigenous Affairs Ken Wyatt has not sought to push […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[122,140],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8646","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia","category-first-nations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8646"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8648,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8646\/revisions\/8648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8646"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8646"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.melissacameron.net\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8646"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}