The Voice: Professor Tom Calma AO and Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO

Presented by The Bob Hawke Prime Ministerial Centre
The Voice: How the Final Co-Design Report Enables an Effective Design for Indigenous Advice to the Parliament and Executive Government.
The referendum for Australians to vote on whether to enshrine a proposed Voice to Parliament into the Constitution is long overdue but it will occur before the end of the year. In the lead up to the referendum, there are a divergence of opinions supporting and opposing the Voice and many who are undecided and want more information. Professors Dr Marcia Langton AO and Tom Calma AO will share their perspectives and experiences to explore why the Voice is needed and how it potentially will function. They will also address the common misinformation and hypotheticals that are consuming the media.
Professor Tom Calma AO will discuss the history of voices, the co-design process and final report recommendations and the post Garma role of the Referendum Working Group and the Referendum Engagement Group.
Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO will discuss how the National Voice will potentially be complemented by regional voice arrangements as recommended in the Final Co-design Report.
Both will also address some of the misinformation, spurious and hypothetical claims, and calls for more details and the impact of these distractions on reconciliation and the advancement of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
www.hawkecentre.unisa.edu.au