Celebrated actor and director, Yidinji and Meriam woman Rachael Maza AM says the road to the Voice to Parliament is truth-telling and that’s what First Nations performing arts are all about.
The Uluru Statement from the Heart is one of the most profound and inspiring statements to come from the First Peoples of this country since colonisation, and yet there is nothing new in what is being said here. This conversation, that has been going on for 234 years, comes in waves, and we’re riding a wave now: we can all feel it – it’s palpable in the air of the country, a feeling of hope and possibility. It’s like those moments in a story, when a crack in the universe opens up just for a moment – and we’ve got to be quick!
