The Uluru Voice Referendum: a discussion with Noel Person, Bhante Sujato, Ven Thubten Chokyi, and Shireen Morris

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Previously:

Uluru Statement from the heart: endorsement by religious leaders

On behalf of the Australian Sangha Association, I was honored to sign support for the Uluru Statement together with religious leaders of Australia. It is well past time that Australia’s indigenous people had a guaranteed and central place in our Constitution, and a voice on legislation that affects them. https://ulurustatement.org/

Nothing here is what it once was

Bhikkhu Sujato, Feb 2023 A Buddhist perspective in contribution to Statements from the Soul: The Moral Case for the Uluru Statement from the Heart, edited by Shireen Morris and Damien Freeman, La Trobe University Press, 2023. Australia’s united Indigenous communities are calling for a referendum for constitutional reform to properly acknowledge the primordial and unceded Indigenous custodianship of the land of Australia, and to establish an ongoing First Nations Voice to represent Indigeno…