Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services) | Link to this | Hansard source

Almost five years ago, 230 First Nations people met at Uluru at the National Constitutional Convention. If you want to see a massive point of difference between that the side of the House and the Labor Party, this is one of them. The Labor Party is the only major political party that is committed to the Uluru statement in full—that is, a constitutionally enshrined voice to the parliament, the establishment of a makarrata commission that will oversee a national process of truth telling, and a national agreement and treaty-making process.

The government promised, and then didn't promise, and then promised again, and then it somehow ended up that there would be a legislated voice in this term of parliament. Well, folks, it's the last day. There is no legislated voice. There is no way forward. I am so proud of my party for its support for this important document. All of you sitting up there in the bleachers will have a role to play in this, in supporting a constitutionally enshrined referendum in a very short period of time.