Video Resources
For many people, the most effective means of understanding a resource is through visual media. In recognition of this, we have curated a collection of videos and other visual resources that may be of use in understanding the issues involved in the upcoming referendum.
University of Melbourne - VoiceFacts
University of Melbourne Law School is hosting a series of conversations with prominent thinkers discussing the Voice. They are publicly accessible on YouTube and via the University's website .
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VOICEfacts is series of short videos offering clear and concise information to help Australians make an informed decision on the Voice later this year. More videos will be regularly added to VOICEfacts in the lead-up to the referendum. VOICEfacts is presented by Professor Cheryl Saunders, is one of the preeminent experts is Australian and Comparative Constitutional Law .
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Professor Saunders also hosts Conversations about the Voice, a longer form series where academic experts and thought leaders discuss various aspects of the Voice.
YouTube Channels & Explainers
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Professor Emerita Anne Twomey of the University of Sydney is Australia's most recognised constitutional law scholar. Professor Twomey has a YouTube Channel where she discusses constitutional matters related to the Voice to Parliament. Her video on 'Does the Voice need to be put in the Constitution?' is a very good place to start.
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Renato Saeger Magalhaes Costa of the University of Queensland produces an excellent and accessible series of videos on his YouTube Channel Aussie Law. These videos help explain a side range of legal issues in clear and understandable language. These now include a series of videos about the Voice.
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Special Lectures and Webinars
The following section collates public lectures, seminars and speeches on the Voice. This section is being updated as new presentations are made - please contact the team if you have further suggestions.
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2023 Sir John Quick Lecture - What Does History Tell Us About Australians and Referendums ? (11 Sept 2023)
Hosted by La Trobe University
Presented by Professor Emerita Anne Twomey, this is a timely and vital lecture about Australia’s history of referendums and what we can learn from it. In this lecture, Professor Emerita Twomey explores whether a referendum is still the best way to give a voice to the people. What does the referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice tell us about the effectiveness of the referendum process today? And is that Voice compatible with the Constitution that Quick was involved in drafting in the 1890s?
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The Voice to Parliament: Constitutional and legal implications for Australia (30 August, 2023)
Event hosted by UWA Public Policy InstituteUWA Public Policy Institute
A respectful and informative discussion and Q&A session by esteemed panellists Ken Wyatt AM, Kim Farmer, Robert French AC and Aurora Milroy. The event was moderated by Murray Wesson and brought to a close by Paul J. Maginn
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UTS, Voice, Treaty, Truth – UTS Reconciliation Week 2023
Jointly hosted by the Centre for Social Justice & Inclusion and Jumbunna Institute for Indigenous Education and Research., Featuring Dr Tony McAvoy SC, Professor Robynne Quiggin, Professor Lindon Coombes and Dr Harry Hobbs joined The Hon. Professor Verity Firth AM |
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Voice of Reason on Recognition and Renewal with Megan Davis & Mark Kenny
Webinar - Hosted by the Australia Institutute
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The Voice:
How The Final Co-Design Report Enables an Effective Design for Indigenous Advice to the Parliament and Executive Government Professor Tom Calma AO and Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO In May 2023, the UniSA Hawke Centre hosted Professor Tom Calma AO and Professor Dr Marcia Langton AO to discuss the co-design history and and implications of the Voice.
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The annual Kenneth Myer Lecture invites an eminent Australian to make a significant statement on a broad subject of interest to them, and is hosted by the National Library of Australia
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"It's Time For Us To Mature As A Nation"
Senator Lidia Thorpe
Speech given by Senator Lidia Thorpe, Senator for Victoria, to the National Press Club of Australia
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Address to the National Press Club of Australia
Hon Linda Burney MP Minister for Indigenous Australians
The following Address as delivered to the National Press Club of Australia on 5 July 2023
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The Voice to Parliament: The Legal Realities
George Williams & Chris Merritt
The Sydney Institute is a privately funded not-for-profit current affairs forum encouraging debate and discussion. The Institute is genuinely pluralist and a wide and diverse range of views are heard at its forums.
This Forum brought together leading proponents of the Yes and No cases to allow them to put their respective positions |
Other Videos
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This 30 min video by constitutional law expert Elisa Arconi provide an excellent summary of the Voice and the various issues raised by the referendum
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Constitution Basics & the Referendum on the Voice to Parliament
This video is produced by the Rule of Law Education Centre, a not-for-profit organisation that strives to ensure Australians are sufficiently informed and educated to make an appropriate decision about any changes made to the Constitution. This video is designed to provide a introduction to the big ideas underling the referendum:
"We Australians need to understand what the purpose of the Constitution is, what are key features of government (including Separation of Powers and Division of Powers) are in the Constitution and why referendum is necessary to change the Constitution. When we understand these fundamentals, we can make an informed decision about whether we agree to make changes to our Constitution. Includes discussion of both sides of argument (pros and cons) on Voice referendum and impact of change on constitution" |
