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Title: |
Time to Listen |
| Sub-title: |
An Indigenous Voice to Parliament |
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| By (author): |
Melissa Castan Edited by: Lynette Russell |
| ISBN10-13: |
1922979120 : 9781922979124 |
| Format: |
Paperback |
| Size: |
175x111xmm |
| Pages: |
96 |
| Weight: |
.000 Kg. |
| Published: |
Monash University Publishing - September 2023 |
| List Price: |
13.99 Pounds Sterling |
| Availability: |
In Stock
Qty Available: 12 |
| Subjects: |
Politics & government |
| In 2023, debate about an Indigenous Voice to Parliament swirls around us as Australia heads towards a referendum on amending the Constitution to make this Voice a reality. The idea of a â First Nations Voiceâ was famously raised in 2017, when Indigenous leaders drafted the Uluru Statement from the Heart. It was envisioned as a representative body, enshrined in the Constitution, that would advise federal parliament and the executive government on laws and policies of significance to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. But while Indigenous people may finally get their Voice, will it be heard? In Time to Listen, Melissa Castan and Lynette Russell explore how the need for a Voice has its roots in what anthropologist WEH Stanner in the late 1960s called the â Great Australian Silenceâ , whereby the history and culture of Indigenous Australians have been largely ignored by the wider society. This â forgettingâ has not been incidental but rather an intentional, initially colonial policy of erasement. So have times now changed? Is the tragedy of that national silenceâ a refusal to acknowledge Indigenous agency and cultural achievementsâ finally coming to an end? The Voice to Parliament can be a transformational legal and political institutional reform, but only if we really listen to Indigenous people, and they are clearly heard when they speak. |
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