Let the Indigenous Voice be heard in the Parliament

The Indigenous Voice to Parliament (The Voice) is the proposed new body of separately elected Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people (ATSI), perpetually enshrined in the Australian Constitution, which would evaluate legislative proposals before the Australian Parliament on a broad range of matters that may affect First Nations people. The request to create such a body arose from the 2017 Uluru Statement from the Heart.

Dancers are seen during the evening ceremonial Bungul at the Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, Sunday, July 31, 2022. The push to get an Indigenous voice in federal parliament is expected to be a key theme at this weekend’s Garma Festival in northeast Arnhem Land. (AAP Image/Aaron Bunch) NO ARCHIVING; inset: Top: Indu Balachandran, Middle: Dr Iyngaranathan Selvaratnam; Bottom: Vishinthra Mahendran Source: AAP / AARON BUNCH/AAPIMAGE

Kulasegaram Sanchayan presents a feature with comments from Dr Iyngaranathan Selvaratnam, who works with the Aboriginal Medical Service Cooperative Limited in Sydney; Indu Balachandran who has been working with the First Australians in various capacity and is currently an Atlantic Fellow for Social Equity, Dharug Nation; and Vishinthra Mahendran who has been working with the First Australians in the education sector in Northern Territory and Queensland.

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