“it is vital that everyone in our community who is eligible to vote considers the weight and importance of the question”

VC Iain Martin tells staff that the university executive, “believes strongly that supporting the referendum for the Voice to Parliament is an extension of our support for the Uluru Statement from the Heart.”

“Universities must play a role in the critical debate at these nation-changing moments, and the principles of academic freedom and freedom of speech must not just be preserved but championed. Every member of our University community who is eligible to vote has an absolute obligation to consider these issues carefully and seriously,” he adds.

As to what the university’s governing body thinks, “we will also seek the views of Deakin’s Council at its next meeting in May,” the VC states.