Indigenous voice crucial to treaty, Uluru statement co-author Megan Davis says

Speaking at an event commemorating Mabo's high court win, the constitutional lawyer said support from Australians will endow the voice with legitimacy'

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One of the architects of the Uluru statement from the heart has said constitutionally enshrined recognition is crucial to the success of all other treaties and called the voice a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to give Indigenous voices legal and social legitimacy.

At a speech in Townsville commemorating the late Eddie Koiki Mabo's high court victory, which legally recognised Indigenous people's special relationship to the land, constitutional lawyer and UNSW professor Dr Megan Davis urged Australians to consider the legal and moral importance of constitutional reform.