National Act of Recognition announces Kamay Botany Bay Truth-Telling event

Joseph Guenzler
Joseph Guenzler Published November 1, 2023 at 2.45pm (AWST)

The National Act of Recognition movement is planning a Truth-Telling event at Kamay Botany Bay following the Voice to Parliament referendum's failure.

The initiative stems from 26 years of consultation with over 100 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

Many have emphasised the importance of 'Truth Telling' in addressing colonisation's history.

Co-chairs of the Recognition National Leadership Team, Elder Ossie Cruse MBE AM and Reverend Lindsay McDowell, launched the website, saying that it was an important opportunity for healing by jointly speaking truth in unity after such a difficult national referendum debate.

"In light of the failed Voice referendum, it is clear that new efforts must be made by local communities to shape our national narrative around First Nations relations," Elder Cruse said.

"This truth-telling initiative is the culmination of more than two decades of consultation with First Nations people where they live – on Country.

"Our Recognition Teams have sat down together with them in urban, regional and remote communities – in the wind and the rain and the dust and the mud – to ask what it is that is truly important to them."

Established in 1997, A National Act of Recognition is a grassroots movement that unites Indigenous people and other Australians.

Its mission is to introduce Truth Telling to the national dialogue whereby the movement is community-driven and not associated with political parties, the Voice to Parliament, or Constitutional Recognition groups.

This initiative also has the support of local Elders and Land Council.

"We believe that the Australian people taking this step can get to the root of the problems Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders have faced for generations, and begin to address those problems in a way that has not happened before," the La Perouse Local Aboriginal Land Council stated in a formal letter of support.

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