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Australian leaders collaborate for Voice referendum

City of Sydney < 1 mins read

WHAT:            Political and community leaders and experts in constitutional reform will come together to discuss the referendum at a public talk at Sydney Town Hall.

 

The City of Sydney is hosting the talk as part of its campaign to flag the importance of enshrining the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament in Australia’s constitution. 

 

The talk will feature keynotes and a panel discussion.

 

 

WHEN:            Wednesday 19 July

 

 

TIME:              6.30-8.30pm  

 

           

WHERE:         Centennial Hall, Sydney Town Hall

 

 

WHO:             - The Hon Linda Burney MP, Minister for Indigenous Australians

- Lord Mayor of Sydney, Clover Moore AO

- Professor Stan Grant, radio and television presenter

- Kerry O’Brien, journalist and co-author of The Voice to Parliament Handbook

- Thomas Mayo, First Nations Referendum Working Group and co-author of

The Voice to Parliament Handbook

- Noel Pearson, lawyer, land rights activist and founder, Cape York Institute

for Policy and Leadership

- Anne Twomey AO, Professor, Constitutional Law, University of Sydney

- Dr Shireen Morris, director, Radical Centre Reform Lab and senior lecturer,

Macquarie University Law School

- Shane Phillips, CEO, Tribal Warrior Association.

- City of Sydney councillors.

 

 

CONTACT:     Elaine Kelly – phone 0477 362 550 or email [email protected]

 

 

Media planning to attend are asked to please RSVP to Elaine Kelly to confirm.

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