Professor Megan Davis says a Voice would drive real change for Indigenous Australians by giving them a say in policymaking.
abc.net.au/news/uluru-statement-co-author-makes-case-for-voice-to-parliament/101804896When Australians are asked to decide on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, co-author of the Uluru Statement from the Heart Megan Davis says they should vote "yes".She says it is unlikely a government would ignore the advice of a Voice that Australians had voted forIn a wide-ranging interview this week, Professor Davis told 7.
She believes direct input through the Voice to Parliament will make a tangible difference to closing the gap in areas where there is still significant disadvantage — areas like child protection, rates of incarceration, youth detention and justice.No-one has been more involved in the development of the idea over the past five years than Megan Davis.
"I think the Voice is both symbolic and concrete … It's a recognition of First Nations voices as being important to the nation. It's recognition that the descendants of the ancient peoples who arrived here 60,000 to 70,000 years ago are still here, have survived and [are] speaking with their voice". "We know that being there at the beginning will mean that the outcome is much more directed to what we think is needed, rather than us just coming late to a Senate or parliamentary committee, where the government of the day has pretty much worked out the numbers, and it's pretty much worked out what they want to do".
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