Broadbent's "Yes" for The Voice

Regardless of whether the federal Liberal Party eventually decides to support or oppose The Voice to parliament at a referendum later this year, Liberal member for Monash Russell Broadbent has already declared he is firmly in the "yes" camp.
He detailed his reasons in a book - "Statements From The Soul, a moral case for the Uluru statement from the heart" - released last week.
Speaking to The Gazette Mr Broadbent said he had not sought out the views of First Nations people in his electorate but would welcome hearing from them.

He described the opportunity provided by the referendum as "presenting a defining moment in history for Australia".
"We walk together or we continue to stumble blindly. We fail to take up the invitation at our peril. The invitation is one that must not be ignored but embraced in its fullness."
Mr Broadbent said rejection of a voice to parliament would impoverish the country.
"It's not a big deal to give Indigenous people a voice and an avenue" he told The Gazette.
In his contribution to the book Mr Broadbent said "despite their mistreatment Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people had "shown deep mercy and a pure heart" in writing the Uluru statement from the heart.
He said indigenous sovereignty had never been ceded and Australia's "second peoples" were being invited to walk with the land's original custodians.
The custodians of this land are hungry and thirst for justice, they have been persecuted for declaring and claiming their rightful custodianship of the country, Mr Broadbent wrote.