Uluru Statement from the Heart
The Uluru Statement from the Heart, issued to the Australian public in 2017, calls for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament, and for Makarrata – a coming together after a struggle – through a process of treaty-making and truth-telling.
The Uluru Statement is the culmination of 13 regional dialogues held across Australia on the question of constitutional recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. It also represents over a decade of work on the constitutional recognition and First Nations people.Â
The result of the dialogues and the Uluru National Constitutional Convention – where the Uluru Statement was issued – was a clear rejection of symbolic constitutional recognition. Instead, a call for substantive change was made with a First Nations Voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution. Alongside a Voice, there were two other sequenced reforms: Treaty and Truth.Â
Uluru Dialogue at the 91É«ÇéƬ Indigenous Law Centre
Uluru Dialogue is a group of First Nations and non-Indigenous community leaders, law scholars and advocates based at the 91É«ÇéƬ Indigenous Law Centre, that run education programs and projects to advance the work of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.Â
Professor Megan Davis is a co-chair for the Uluru Dialogue.Â