Leading advocates for a Voice to federal parliament will meet with Peter Dutton on Thursday, offering answers to his concerns about the body’s scope and powers.
will meet with Peter Dutton on Thursday, offering the Opposition Leader answers about how the body will work to address entrenched Indigenous disadvantage.
Indigenous advocates Megan Davis, Pat Anderson and Noel Pearson with a piti holding the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which called for a Voice to parliament.The Cape York Institute’s Noel Pearson, constitutional expert Megan Davis and Uluru campaign leader Pat Anderson will address the meeting, which has been offered as an opportunity to answer questions about the Voice’s powers highlighted by Mr Dutton in recent weeks.
“I am hopeful it will help clarify for him how significant a constitutionally enshrined Voice is for our people and for the nation,” she said.“He wasn’t as fortunate as others in the room to have been involved in the grassroots dialogues where First Nations Peoples passionately shared their frustration at not having a say in the laws and policies that are too often imposed upon them.
“The government and the parliament are currently working on all the consultation, drafting and machinery matters required to hold a referendum for the first time since 1999,” he said in a statement.
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