Everything You Need to Know About the Voice

by Megan Davis, George Williams

Overview

Australians will soon be faced with an important choice. Will they vote Yes to change our nation' s Constitution to introduce an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice? Or will they vote No and bring the recognition process to a halt and, along with it, the aspirations of an overwhelming number of Australia' s first peoples? The stakes could not be higher. In late 2023 Australians will vote in a referendum on enshrining an Indigenous Voice to parliament and government in the Constitution. What benefits will it bring? And what was the journey to this point? Everything You Need to Know about the Voice, written by co-author of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, Cobble Cobble woman Megan Davis, and fellow constitutional expert George Williams, is essential reading on the Voice to parliament and government, how our Constitution was drafted, what the 1967 referendum achieved, what it left unfinished and the Uluru Statement. This updated edition charts the journey of this nation-building reform from the earliest stages of Indigenous advocacy, explores myths and misconceptions and, importantly, explains how the Voice offers change that will benefit the whole nation. ' ...a vitally important book written for all Australians who have accepted the Uluru invitation and are walking with us in a journey of the Australian people for a better future.' — Patricia Anderson AO Alyawarre woman

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781742238814
Publisher:	NewSouth
Publication date:	08/01/2023
Sold by:	INDEPENDENT PUB GROUP - EPUB - EBKS
Format:	eBook
Pages:	240
File size:	2 MB

About the Author

Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman from south-west Queensland. She is the Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law, Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at UNSW Law and Pro Vice Chancellor at UNSW. She designed the regional dialogue method that led to the consensus at Uluru on 26 May 2017 and read the Uluru Statement from the Heart to the national convention and then the Australian public for the first time. She is the leading constitutional lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition and advises the Australian government as a member of its Indigenous Referendum Working Group. Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman from south-west Queensland. She is the Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law, Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at UNSW Law and Pro Vice Chancellor at UNSW. She designed the regional dialogue method that led to the consensus at Uluru on 26 May 2017 and read the Uluru Statement from the Heart to the national convention and then the Australian public for the first time. She is the leading constitutional lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition and advises the Australian government as a member of its Indigenous Referendum Working Group. George Williams AO is the Anthony Mason Professor and a Scientia Professor, as well as a Deputy Vice Chancellor, at UNSW. His books including Australian Constitutional Law and Theory, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia and Human Rights Under the Australian Constitution. He has appeared as a barrister in the High Court of Australia and is a columnist for The Australian. He serves as a member of the Australian government's Constitutional Expert Group advising on the wording of the Voice referendum. He is also the co-author, with Harry Hobbs, of How to Rule Your Own Country. George Williams AO is the Anthony Mason Professor and a Scientia Professor, as well as a Deputy Vice Chancellor, at UNSW. His books including Australian Constitutional Law and Theory, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia and Human Rights Under the Australian Constitution. He has appeared as a barrister in the High Court of Australia and is a columnist for The Australian. He serves as a member of the Australian government's Constitutional Expert Group advising on the wording of the Voice referendum. He is also the co-author, with Harry Hobbs, of How to Rule Your Own Country. Megan Davis is a Cobble Cobble woman from south-west Queensland. She is the Balnaves Chair in Constitutional Law, Director of the Indigenous Law Centre at UNSW Law and Pro Vice Chancellor at UNSW. She designed the regional dialogue method that led to the consensus at Uluru on 26 May 2017 and read the Uluru Statement from the Heart to the national convention and then the Australian public for the first time. She is the leading constitutional lawyer on Indigenous constitutional recognition and advises the Australian government as a member of its Indigenous Referendum Working Group. George Williams AO is the Anthony Mason Professor and a Scientia Professor, as well as a Deputy Vice Chancellor, at UNSW. His books including Australian Constitutional Law and Theory, The Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia and Human Rights Under the Australian Constitution. He has appeared as a barrister in the High Court of Australia and is a columnist for The Australian. He serves as a member of the Australian government's Constitutional Expert Group advising on the wording of the Voice referendum. He is also the co-author, with Harry Hobbs, of How to Rule Your Own Country.

Table of Contents

Introduction Timeline 1 Making the Constitution 2 The 1967 referendum 3 A new era? 4 The journey to recognition 6 The Referendum Council and Uluru process 7 Voice, Treaty, Truth 8 The Voice to Parliament 9 The Voice Referendum Appendix 1: Uluru Statement from the Heart Appendix 2: Section 128 of the Australian Constitution Acknowledgments Notes Index