Despite our nation’s failure to say YES to recognition and voice on 14 October 2023, the movement for a better future, called for in the Uluṟu Statement from the Heart, is just getting started.
The Voice to Parliament was one way of achieving self-determination. It wasn’t the only way and our fight for justice continues – towards self-determination, with respect for First Nations sovereignty, and through truth, treaty and voice. We cannot afford to give up now – make the pledge today.
I commit to helping maintain and build the momentum for First Nations voices, treaties and truth-telling about our shared history. I continue to support the principles of the Uluru Statement from the Heart. I join ANTAR in calling on governments to step up and take responsibility for Australia’s inevitable process of voice, truth-telling and treaty-making, centuries after it should have happened. As the only remaining Western colonising nation to have failed to negotiate a treaty with the First Nations of the land, Australia is exceptional for the wrong reason.