Market research suggests that culturally and linguistically diverse groups are slightly more supportive of the Voice than the general population, but they are less likely to recall being exposed to information about it.
When Sawathey Ek learnt about the Indigenous Voice to parliament, he saw the shape of something he had often struggled to explain to others in Sydney’s Cambodian diaspora. A possibility pulled into view.
Ek’s push for constitutional recognition raises questions about how the Indigenous Voice to parliament is understood and perceived in multicultural communities. Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition director Thomas Mayo said the “Yes” campaign had translated the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which gave Indigenous consensus for the Voice, into 60 different languages and that it would do further work to raise awareness in migrant groups. The symbolism behind the Voice that had been embraced by multicultural groups was important as well as the practical aims of the proposal, he said.
“The Muslim community support the Indigenous people, engage with them, they respect them and they acknowledge them as the people who have occupied these lands for more than 60 millennia, so there’s a beautiful connection between the Indigenous people of Australia and the Muslim community,” Charkawi said.
“The makeshift nature of the society’s constitution and records has opened the door for the warring factions to make competing claims about their entitlement to govern the society,” Justice John Sackar said, ruling that neither party had a legitimate claim to the presidency. He ordered a receiver be appointed to overhaul the constitution.
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