A sold-out event launches the Gold Coast YES campaign this weekend.
Australia is home to the oldest continuous culture on Earth. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people have been caring for Country for millennia. When we listen to each other, share our knowledge and work together, we all benefit.
The 16 September event at Tom Atkin Hall will feature three prominent speakers: Aunty Joyce Summers – a local Indigenous leader and scholar, Thomas Mayo – signatory of the Uluru Statement from the Heart and a member of the First Nations Referendum Working Group, and journalist and author Kerry O’Brien.
While the launch has booked out, you can add yourself to the waiting list on the YES23 campaign page.
There are still plenty of opportunities to get involved in the Gold Coast for YES campaign. Volunteers are needed to help make history, and opportunities to get involved include doorknocking, distributing flyers and yard signs, and most importantly, speaking about the Voice with family and friends.
“If every YES voter helped sway the opinion of four undecided voters, we could truly change the course of history for Indigenous Australians,” one Gold Coast campaigner said.
The Voice to Parliament gives us an opportunity to progress the rights of First Nations people in Australia. By listening to what First Nations people have to say about things that impact their lives, we can make better laws and policies.
On October 14, you are being asked to vote in a referendum to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in the Constitution and establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
By writing YES in this referendum, we are committing to listening to, and learning from, the wisdom and perspectives of First Nations people which will lead to better outcomes in education, health, justice, and more.
Gold Coast YES campaigners believe that voting YES to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution means we are listening to Indigenous voices about matters affecting their lives and their communities.
A Voice will mean the Government will have better quality information about First Nations communities and issues, delivered directly from First Nations people. Information from communities will result in better quality laws and policies, better-targeted investment, and ultimately better outcomes for First Nations people.
Want to know more? Check out the ten facts about a Voice to Parliament below.
For more information about how you can get involved, head to yes23.com.au/volunteer
