Join UNSW Law & Justice together with your student representatives, UNSW Law Society Presidents for a meaningful discussion with our speakers, Associate Professor Sean Brennan and Uluru Youth Dialogue Co-Chair, Bridget Cama.
This student audience will have the opportunity to pre-submit their questions ahead of a respectful, positive conversation about one of the key national events of our time. Our two speakers will explore the story behind Australia’s first referendum in more than 20 years. They will cover the debate so far and answer your questions about the upcoming vote about establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice in the Australian Constitution. The objective is for audience members to gain insight into this significant event in Australian democracy that will involve all Australian voters playing their part.
Don't miss this important conversation.
*Please note: We welcome respectful pre-submitted questions from the audience and will endeavour to include as many as possible on the day; however, please note there is no guarantee we will be able to answer all in the limited time frame.
This event is held as part of the UNSW Law & Justice +Justice Festival in collaboration with UNSW Law Society
This is a UNSW Student community event. This event will be hosted across two sessions to accommodate student class commitments, both sessions will cover the same information, please only register to attend one session.
Session 1
Wednesday 21 June | 1.15pm - 2.00pm | New South Global Theatre, Webster Building
Session 2
Friday 23 June | 1.15pm - 2.00pm | Law Theatre G04, Law & Justice Building
Bridget Cama is a Wiradjuri and Pasifika Fijian woman who was born and raised in Lithgow, New South Wales and has connections to the Cudgegong River just outside of Mudgee. Bridget has been working with the Uluru Dialogue since March 2019, is an associate of the Indigenous Law Centre at UNSW and legal support team to the Uluru Dialogue. Bridget is also the Co-Chair of the Uluru Youth Dialogue alongside Allira Davis, who work closely to provide a national platform for First Nations youth voices to be heard in the Uluru movement and in First Nations affairs more broadly.
Associate Professor Sean Brennan is Director of the Indigenous Legal Issues Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, UNSW Faculty of Law and Justice and was the Director of the Centre from 2014 to 2018. His teaching, research and engagement focuses mainly on constitutional law, native title and Aboriginal land rights. As a non-Indigenous lawyer, Sean has worked with a variety of Aboriginal organisations before and since joining UNSW, going back to 1994. In 2016-17 he was part of the pro-bono legal team that supported the Regional Dialogues and First Nations Constitutional Convention, the deliberative process which culminated in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
This event is held as part of the UNSW Law & Justice +Justice Festival in collaboration with UNSW Law Society
