A very special episode of Random Acts of Conversation, recorded live at a Yes23 Fundraiser, chatting with Rueben Berg about Voice, Treaty, Truth and the upcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament.

We talk about shared futures and aspirations for that future, how the voice can work, what it means to have a  voice to parliament and we also speak to some objections that may come up around the voice and how to speak to them in order to bring people together. It's a really wonderful yarn, and the audience was really amazing for this lovely afternoon on Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung country.

As a proud Gunditjmara man Rueben Berg is committed to using his skills and expertise to continue to improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. Rueben is experienced in working in the Indigenous and non-Indigenous arena and has developed and refined his skills and expertise through his professional experiences in program managing government programs, his Indigenous perspective on architecture and his role as a facilitator. Rueben has extensive leadership and capacity development experience and is committed to improving the lives of Indigenous Australians.

Rueben is also a founder of the Indigenous Ultimate Association and Indigenous Architecture and Design Victoria. In addition, Rueben is a Member of the Heritage Council of Victoria, a Director at Westernport Water, a Commissioner for the Victorian Environmental Water Holder, and a Member of the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria.

Here are some links that we refer to in the yarn;

Yes23

Yoorook Justice Commission

First People's Assembly of Victoria

The Waitangi Tribunal 

Truth and Reconciliation Comission of Canada

I hope you enjoy this yarn, and find your way over to following Rueben, Yes23 and throwing your support behind the Yes vote in the upcoming referendum on the Voice to Parliament. Special mention to Sophie Einfeld and the Einfeld Family for pulling together this great event, and allowing myself and Rueben to have this great chat.

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As always, we would like to acknowledge the traditional owners of the land on which this episode was recorded the Wurundjeri Woi-Wurrung people of the Kulin Nation. We pay our respects to their leaders past, present and emerging and acknowledge that we live, work and recorded this on unceded Aboriginal land - always was, always will be.