Guide to the Does Australia need an Indigenous voice to Parliament? forum for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Hilton Hotel, Adelaide, South Australia, 31 August 2023, 2023

Summary

Collection number:

PIC/21334/1-9

Creator:

Henningham, Leigh, 1960-

Language:

English and English

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of item], Does Australia need an Indigenous voice to Parliament? forum for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Hilton Hotel, Adelaide, South Australia, 31 August 2023 / by Leigh Henningham, National Library of Australia, PIC/21334/[item number(s)].

Availability:

Not for loan

Cultural Sensitivity Advisory Notice:

Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this collection may contain the names and images of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive.

Background

Content Summary:

On 14 October 2023, Australians voted in a referendum about whether to change the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. This collection documents a forum held in Rockdale Town Hall as part of the preceding campaign. The Minister for Indigenous Australians the Hon Linda Burney MP was a member of the forum panel.

The 'Does Australia need an Indigenous voice to Parliament?' forum, organised by The Centre for Independent Studies (CIS), was held on 31 August, 2023. Panel members included Warlpiri/Celtic woman and Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Bundjalung man and Director of the Indigenous Forum at CIS Nyunggai Warren Mundine, Leader of the Opposition in South Australia David Speirs, and Tom Switzer, the Executive Director of the Centre for Independent Studies.

Indexed terms

Subjects:

Politics and government

Conditions Governing Use:

Conditions for copying and publishing of this collection may apply, please refer to the collections catalogue record for further information (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn10013424).

Preferred citation:

Items from this collection should be cited as [Title or description of item], Does Australia need an Indigenous voice to Parliament? forum for the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice, Hilton Hotel, Adelaide, South Australia, 31 August 2023 / by Leigh Henningham, National Library of Australia, PIC/21334/[item number(s)].

Location of this collection:

National Library of Australia

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Canberra ACT 2600, Australia

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