First Nations Voice to Parliament

Federation University is strongly committed to supporting the Uluru Statement from the Heart and the enshrining of a First Nations Voice to Parliament in the Constitution

In 2023, Federation University endorsed the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a beautifully evocative invitation to the Australian community to walk together to address its three elements of Voice, Treaty, and Truth. The document was created in May 2017 at the First Nations Constitutional Convention at Uluru. This Convention was the culmination of 13 dialogues held across Australia involving many hundreds of Indigenous delegates.

Endorsing the Uluru Statement from the Heart is a critical step in Federation’s reconciliation journey. We are strongly committed, in engaging in this journey, to a holistic and substantial approach to reconciliation. Federation University also strongly supports the enshrining of a First Nations Voice to Parliament in the Constitution. A Voice to Parliament is the first element of the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

In the lead-up to the referendum later in 2023, it is vitally important that the wider Australian community genuinely learns about the importance of constitutionally enshrining a First Nations Voice to Parliament. Enshrining a First Nations Voice to Parliament in the Constitution is critical to ensuring Indigenous peoples will have a say to the Parliament and the Executive about matters that impact upon them.

This page has been created to provide resources for our staff, students, alumni, and partners, and the wider community, on the First Nations Voice to Parliament. They include resources created by the university’s National Centre for Reconciliation, Truth, and Justice, and external resources.

For more information, please contact the Office of the Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Reconciliation at advcr@federation.edu.au.

Professor Andrew Gunstone, Associate Deputy Vice-Chancellor Reconciliation, Federation University