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Adding your support to the Uluru Statement from the Heart by sending a letter to your Federal MP lets our representatives in Canberra know that we want this reform. It's time! The Uluru Statement was issued to the Australian people for a reason. We have the power and we want to see this reform happen. It is time the politicians let us have our say.

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I am contacting you to seek your public support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart and your commitment to holding a referendum on a First Nations Voice to Parliament protected by the Constitution.

It has now been four years since the Uluru Statement from the Heart was gifted to the Australian people. We have entered the second decade of the most recent push toward constitutional reform for First Nations. With the work having been done and the support clear, now is the time to act to ensure this opportunity is not wasted.

I support the Uluru Statement from the Heart and a First Nations Voice to Parliament protected by the Constitution. I will vote “Yes” at a referendum to protect the Voice in the Constitution.

I do not support a legislated voice without constitutional reform to protect the First Nations Voice. Pursuing a legislate first approach to the voice or the Makarrata Commission would be a mistake: it does not answer the Uluru Statement, it would waste our opportunity for constitutional reform, and it does not meet the expectations of the Australian people.

Constitutional reform for First Nations has been a bi-partisan public policy commitment since the commitments of Prime Minister John Howard and Opposition Leader Kevin Rudd in 2007. Since this time, successive Governments have committed to the process of developing constitutional reform.

Following the Government’s acceptance of the recommendations of the Leeser and Dodson Joint Select Committee in 2018, we have had an opportunity to explore what a First Nations Voice to Parliament would look like through the Voice Co-Design process. It is now time for the Government and the Australian Parliament to commit to the second phase of the Lesser and Dodson recommendations and hold a referendum so that the Australian people can have their say.

My support is shared by the majority of Australians. We are a support base that has grown from strength-to-strength. This is demonstrated by submissions made in response to the Interim Voice Report as part of the Voice Co-Design process. Expert analysis has shown that 90% of the over 2,500 public submissions made in response to the Interim Voice Report demonstrate explicit support for a First Nations Voice to Parliament protected by the Constitution.

This support is further reinforced by consistent polling – such as the Reconciliation Barometer 2020 and the Australian Constitutional Values Survey 2021 – which indicate an overwhelming majority of Australians support a First Nations Voice to Parliament and will vote “Yes” at a referendum to protect the Voice in the Constitution.

The work has been done and the support is clear. It’s time for a First Nations Voice to Parliament protected by the Constitution.

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