Editor’s note: Liberal statement has not yet been received but will be added here.
Media release – Rebecca White MP, Tasmanian Labor Leader, 17 April 2023
Tasmanian Labor united behind the Voice to Parliament
Tasmanian Labor is fully united in our support for the Voice to Parliament.
It is clearly time to recognise First Nations people in the constitution and celebrate that we have the oldest continuing culture in the world.
It’s time for Australia to empower the voice of First Nations people by enshrining the Voice to Parliament in the Constitution.
This referendum is about recognition and consultation.
Tasmanian Labor fully supports the Voice question and process and will be strongly campaigning for a yes vote for Tasmania in the referendum.
Media release – Cassy O’Connor MP, Greens Leader, 17 April 2023
Greens Proud to Stand with Labor and Liberals on Voice to Parliament
As Greens Leader, I am proud to be standing on a unity ticket with Jeremy Rockliff and Rebecca White today to back in a Yes vote on the Voice referendum.
As a nation, and an island community, we are held back by a terrible colonial history we have yet to reckon with. This failure over multiple generations and governments diminishes our national character.
We can do so much better as a country.
A Yes vote and a Voice to Parliament will be just the beginning of repairing the profound damage of the past and charting a new, inclusive, more just future.
A Yes vote will be another step towards Truth-telling and Treaty.
Once established, and the Greens hope with strong representation from Tasmanian Aboriginal people, the body that gives First Nations people a Voice to Parliament will carry the moral authority of the nation to deliver meaningful change.
I believe that, across the country among the vast majority of non-Aboriginal people, there’s a tangible yearning to make amends for the grievous wrongs of our colonial past and present.
This will surely carry the Yes vote.
