The Uluṟu Statement from the Heart
I am nailing my colours to the mast...as they say... with regards to a vote we as Australians will be holding soon. I will be voting YES in the referendum on October 14. My choice has, I add, caused "waves" from those around me and fear it will continue to do so but in my heart I feel it is the right thing to do. To give more of a unified voice to those that have not had that true voice, a voice from the heart, this heart felt Uluru Statement. The result of the said referendum will hold a mirror up to us as Australians and show us and the rest of the world, our trading partners I add, what we are really like. The odds of this referendum being carried has way of an outside chance. Out of 44 referendums since federation only 8 have been carried so the odds are not great. And there is so much opposition..so much opposition of this even getting through. Facts are continually being distorted. It's just sad. Where many First Nations people STILL to this day live in abject p