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'We leave base camp and start our trek across this vast country. We invite you to walk with us in a movement of the Australian people for a better future.
'On 26 May 2017, after a historic process of consultation, the Uluru Statement from the Heart was read out. This clear and urgent call for reform to the community from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples asked for the establishment of a First Nations Voice to Parliament protected in the constitution and a process of agreement-making and truth-telling. Voice. Treaty. Truth.
'What was the journey to this point? What do Australians need to know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart? And how can these reforms be achieved?
'Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart , written by Megan Davis and George Williams, two of Australia’s best-known constitutional experts, is essential reading on how our Constitution was drafted, what the 1967 referendum achieved, and the lead-up and response to the Uluru Statement. Importantly, it explains how the Uluru Statement offers change that will benefit the whole nation.' (Publication summary)
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Megan Davis and George Williams. Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , 10 August vol. 23 no. 1 2023;
— Review of Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart 2021 multi chapter work criticism 'Australia is in the midst of a debate around the role of Indigenous people in the legal document that underpins the nation-state of Australia’s governance system—the Australian Constitution. Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart (henceforth, Everything You Need to Know) is a timely and useful handbook to help the reader understand how we have arrived at this position, and what is at stake in the coming months and years. This book was authored by Professors Megan Davis and George Williams. Both authors are experienced constitutional lawyers and experts in Australian and international Indigenous rights and constitutional recognition. Professor Davis was also a member of the Prime Minister’s Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous Australians, and of the Referendum Council. This experience provides important context as the authors describe the processes that led to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.' (Introduction) -
Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart AND Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 52 no. 4 2021; (p. 644-648)
— Review of Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart 2021 multi chapter work criticism ; Truth-Telling : History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement 2021 multi chapter work criticism'These two books both have the Uluru Statement in their title and share the same publisher. In one sense, they are a mirror image of each other. Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart is a clearly written and accessible text explaining constitutional law that also narrates, addresses, and advocates history, while Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement, also clear and accessible, is a work of history that is concerned with the law. They also complement each other. Megan Davis and George Williams explain how truth-telling came to be part of the Uluru Statement, while Henry Reynolds outlines what he sees as the historical truths that must be told and indicates where he thinks truth-telling processes might lead. Yet the content of the two books is very different. If we consider the Uluru Statement slogan ‘Voice, Treaty, Truth’, then Everything You Need to Know is primarily about Voice, while Truth-Telling is about Treaty and Truth. For historians, Everything You Need to Know is a must-read. While many historians will find that Truth-Telling covers some very familiar ground, its last few chapters send out an important challenge to the way we remember and commemorate some key figures in Australian political history. Reynolds suggests we ask some tough new questions, for example: should Griffith University change its name?' (Introduction)
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‘Coming Together After a Struggle’ : A Process of Belated State-building
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 433 2021; (p. 11-12)'The Uluru Statement from the Heart was made at a historic assembly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at Uluru in 2017. It addresses the fundamental question of how Indigenous peoples want to be recognised in the Australian Constitution. The answer given is a First Nations ‘Voice’ to Federal Parliament protected by the Constitution, and a subsequent process of agreement-making and truth-telling. This process should be overseen by a Makarrata Commission, from the Yolngu word meaning ‘the coming together after a struggle’. Inspired by the values enshrined in the Statement, Victoria has established such a process through the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission. ‘Yoo-rrook’ is a Wemba Wemba/Wamba Wamba word meaning ‘truth’.' (Introduction)
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Come Writers and Critics
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22 May 2021; (p. 19)
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Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart AND Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Historical Studies , vol. 52 no. 4 2021; (p. 644-648)
— Review of Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart 2021 multi chapter work criticism ; Truth-Telling : History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement 2021 multi chapter work criticism'These two books both have the Uluru Statement in their title and share the same publisher. In one sense, they are a mirror image of each other. Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart is a clearly written and accessible text explaining constitutional law that also narrates, addresses, and advocates history, while Truth-Telling: History, Sovereignty and the Uluru Statement, also clear and accessible, is a work of history that is concerned with the law. They also complement each other. Megan Davis and George Williams explain how truth-telling came to be part of the Uluru Statement, while Henry Reynolds outlines what he sees as the historical truths that must be told and indicates where he thinks truth-telling processes might lead. Yet the content of the two books is very different. If we consider the Uluru Statement slogan ‘Voice, Treaty, Truth’, then Everything You Need to Know is primarily about Voice, while Truth-Telling is about Treaty and Truth. For historians, Everything You Need to Know is a must-read. While many historians will find that Truth-Telling covers some very familiar ground, its last few chapters send out an important challenge to the way we remember and commemorate some key figures in Australian political history. Reynolds suggests we ask some tough new questions, for example: should Griffith University change its name?' (Introduction)
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Megan Davis and George Williams. Everything You Need to Know about the Uluru Statement from the Heart
2023
single work
review
— Appears in: JASAL , 10 August vol. 23 no. 1 2023;
— Review of Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart 2021 multi chapter work criticism 'Australia is in the midst of a debate around the role of Indigenous people in the legal document that underpins the nation-state of Australia’s governance system—the Australian Constitution. Everything You Need to Know About the Uluru Statement from the Heart (henceforth, Everything You Need to Know) is a timely and useful handbook to help the reader understand how we have arrived at this position, and what is at stake in the coming months and years. This book was authored by Professors Megan Davis and George Williams. Both authors are experienced constitutional lawyers and experts in Australian and international Indigenous rights and constitutional recognition. Professor Davis was also a member of the Prime Minister’s Expert Panel on Constitutional Recognition for Indigenous Australians, and of the Referendum Council. This experience provides important context as the authors describe the processes that led to the Uluru Statement from the Heart.' (Introduction) -
Come Writers and Critics
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 22 May 2021; (p. 19) -
‘Coming Together After a Struggle’ : A Process of Belated State-building
2021
single work
essay
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , July no. 433 2021; (p. 11-12)'The Uluru Statement from the Heart was made at a historic assembly of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples at Uluru in 2017. It addresses the fundamental question of how Indigenous peoples want to be recognised in the Australian Constitution. The answer given is a First Nations ‘Voice’ to Federal Parliament protected by the Constitution, and a subsequent process of agreement-making and truth-telling. This process should be overseen by a Makarrata Commission, from the Yolngu word meaning ‘the coming together after a struggle’. Inspired by the values enshrined in the Statement, Victoria has established such a process through the Yoo-rrook Justice Commission. ‘Yoo-rrook’ is a Wemba Wemba/Wamba Wamba word meaning ‘truth’.' (Introduction)
