Establishing an Indigenous voice to parliament is favoured by 62 per cent of Australians according to a regularly conducted survey led by CQUniversity. Founded in 2008, The Australian Constitutional Values Survey, measured public attitudes towards establishing an Indigenous Voice to parliament in 2021. Lead researcher, CQUniversity s Dr Jacob Deem, said the survey results indicated substantial support for a First Nations Voice to parliament, with only 12.4 per cent against the idea. He said the May 2017 Uluru Statement was expressed as an invitation to walk with First Nations peoples on a journey towards recognition, which included the constitutional enshrinement of a voice to parliament as a crucial step.
62% of Aussies call for Indigenous voice to parliament
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62% of Aussies call for Indigenous voice to parliament
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For most people these are just words but for First Nations people, they symbolise hope for a better and more inclusive future, with more involvement in the decisions that directly affect their lives.
Every 26th of January Australia marks the beginning of British colonisation in 1788.
Over time it s been called many things - “Anniversary Day”, “First Landing Day” or “Foundation Day” - and in 1994 was renamed again to “Australia Day”.
But it s a controversial name - many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples since 1938 have seen January 26th as a ‘Day of Mourning’, and in recent times many have referred to the day as ‘Invasion Day’ or ‘Survival Day’.