About a month after Collingwood's board confirmed its support for the Voice to Parliament, another AFL club has revealed its stance on the referendum.
The statement referenced how later this year the nation"will face a historic decision on whether to amend our founding document to include the historical connection of our Indigenous family and put their aspirations in our Australian constitution".
"Our Club has also taken advice from our First Nations Elders-in-Residence and our Reconciliation Action Plan Committee. The club added it was encouraging"members and supporters, indeed, all Australians, to develop a deep understanding of the Uluru Statement from the Heart". On Monday, it was revealed a memo had been sent by the AFL's General Manager of Inclusion and Social Policy Tanya Hosch encouraging clubs to advise the AFL if they will support the Yes case ahead of the referendum.
Collingwood in late March issued a statement announcing the club's board supported the Voice as it was part of its"commitment to doing and being better". Indigenous Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price - a Collingwood supporter who opposes the Voice along with federal National Party colleagues - at the time said the club should stick to footy over dabbling in politics.
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