The Wire

On the 26th of October, Cabinet rejected recommendations from the landmark Uluru Statement of the Heart on the basis that the statement is “neither desirable nor capable of winning acceptance in a referendum.”

The Uluru Statement of the Heart calls for an Indigenous advisory body that would allow the First Nations of Australia to have a voice enshrined in the Australian Constitution.

The Turnbull Government’s decision has been condemned by many around the country, with questions being asked about the Governments legitimacy whilst they continue to ignore the calls of Australia’s First Peoples.