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Voice to Parliament web resources

Publication date: 24 May 2023

Jesuit Social Services supports a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament. We believe that the Voice will support Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in determining their own lives, and contribute towards shaping a society in which Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and other Australians can join hands together, acknowledging the past and looking to the future.

You can read our position statement about the Voice to Parliament here.

Below is a range of resources relating to the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Voice to Parliament. This page will be regularly updated so please feel free to check back.

Voice to Parliament Conversation Guide

Jesuit Social Services, in partnership with National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council, has produced a document designed to guide a conversation about the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.

Download the Voice to Parliament Conversation Guide

About the Voice to Parliament

Yes23 campaign website 

The Yes23 campaign website has a range of information about the Uluru Statement from the Heart and Voice to Parliament, as well as resources including videos, posters and ‘the Yes guide’.

You can show your support for the Voice by signing the Yes23 pledge.

What is a Voice to Parliament video

What is a Voice to Parliament? This four-minute video by From the Heart explains what the Voice is and how it would work.

The Referendum question and constitutional amendment

The Referendum question and constitutional amendment, and information on the Referendum process.

Information from the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC)

The AEC provides a range of information and resources about the upcoming Referendum.

Watch and listen

What is Voice, Treaty and Truth? video

Aunty Pat Anderson AO, Professor Megan Davis and Noel Pearson discuss What is Voice, Treaty and Truth? in this six-minute video published by the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

First Nations collaborators read the Uluru Statement from the Heart video

First Nations collaborators Pat Anderson, Stan Grant, Adam Goodes, Ursula Yovich and Troy Cassar-Daley read the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which was gifted to the Australian people in 2017.

History is calling video

Silence never made History – a powerful video in support of the ‘yes’ campaign, published by the Uluru Statement from the heart.

Q+A at Garma 2022

Linda Burney, Yiŋiya Mark Guyula, June Oscar, Dean Parkin, Mayatili Marika and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price discuss the Voice to Parliament on ABC TV’s Q&A program in 2022.

What would a First Nations Voice mean for Australia? ABC article

Professor Megan Davis discusses the meaning and political, legal, and moral implications of a First Nations Voice to Parliament with Waleed Aly and Scott Stephens on Radio National.

Understanding the referendum in your language video

Life Without Barriers have produced a video about understanding the Referendum in more than 45 different languages. Access the full list at the link above.

BSL Talks – Engaging Multicultural Communities on the Voice Referendum video

This BSL Talks webinar looks at how multicultural communities can get access to appropriate information and materials about the referendum, and why a YES Vote will be good for all of Australia.

Read

Finding the Heart of the Nation 2nd edition

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander author Thomas Mayo gets behind the politics and legal speak to explain why the Uluru Statement from the Heart is an invitation to all Australians.

A First Nations Voice to Parliament: our plea to be heard

Professor Megan Davis writes that a First Nations Voice to Parliament is a plea to be heard, at ABC’s Religion and Ethics website.

Why a First Nations Voice should come before Treaty

Pat Anderson and Paul Komesaroff outline why a First Nations Voice should come before Treaty, at The Conversation. 

Learn

Start a Yarn

Learn more about a First Nations Voice by starting a yarn. The yarning circle concept is a space for active listening and reflection. Click the link above for upcoming opportunities to learn more about First Nations culture and why the Uluru Statement and a First Nations Voice are so important.

Together Yes information session

Take part in an information session by Together Yes to learn more about the campaign and the pivotal role conversation hosts can play.

National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council resource

Multilingual resources

Australian Government resources

The Australian Government has made a range of translated materials available through ‘The Voice‘ website.

Australian Government multilingual resources

Yes 23 resources

The Yes 23 campaign page has a selection of flyers translated in Chinese, Bengali and Tamil.

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