AustLit logo

AustLit

The Long Road to Uluru : Walking Together : Truth before Justice single work   essay  
Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 The Long Road to Uluru : Walking Together : Truth before Justice
The material on this page is available to AustLit subscribers. If you are a subscriber or are from a subscribing organisation, please log in to gain full access. To explore options for subscribing to this unique teaching, research, and publishing resource for Australian culture and storytelling, please contact us or find out more.

AbstractHistoryArchive Description

'If the Uluru Statement from the Heart was an example of the trans-formative potential of liberal democratic governance through civic engagement beyond the ballot box, the aftermath of Uluru revealed the limitations of Australian retail politics. The Uluru Statement from the Heart was a call for peace and the Referendum Council proposed reforms – a  roadmap to peace. Yet Prime Minister Turnbull dismissed it four months later, inventing a fiction that the enhanced participation of First Peoples in Australian liberal democracy amounted to a ‘third chamber’ of the parliament.'  (Introduction)

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

  • Appears in:
    y separately published work icon Griffith Review First Things First no. 60 2018 12265671 2018 periodical issue

    'INSPIRED by the Uluru Statement from the Heart, and featuring outstanding Indigenous writers, Renewed Promise is an urgent, nuanced and robust call to listen, hear and respond to questions of constitutional recognition.

    'More than two centuries after European settlers arrived, the need to find an honourable way to recognise and celebrate the unique history of this country as home to the oldest living civilisation is long overdue. A Makaratta Commission is the preferred way to do this, to make agreements and enable truth-telling about our history.

    'Are we ready to make peace and devise firmer ground for laws, policies and outcomes that improve Indigenous and non-Indigenous life in Australia? With this special edition, Griffith Review excavates history and re-imagines the future, while not forgetting the urgencies of the present.

    'Published with the support of QUT' (Publicaton summary)

         2018     pg. 13-32, 41-45
VIEW PUBLICATION DETAILS FOR ALL VERSIONS ()

Works about this Work

A Reading List on Race, in Australia and America Damien Cave , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The New York Times , 13 June 2018;

'The dynamics of race and equality are always complicated, but for both the United States and Australia, the past, present and future continue to be shaped by how these issues are discussed and handled across society.' (Introduction)
A Reading List on Race, in Australia and America Damien Cave , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The New York Times , 13 June 2018;

'The dynamics of race and equality are always complicated, but for both the United States and Australia, the past, present and future continue to be shaped by how these issues are discussed and handled across society.' (Introduction)
VIEW ALL WORKS ABOUT (1)
Last amended 3 Dec 2018 11:48:48
13-32, 41-45 The Long Road to Uluru : Walking Together : Truth before Justicesmall AustLit logo Griffith Review
Subjects:
Newspapers:
    Powered by Trove
    X