abc.net.au/news/narelda-jacobs-voice-to-parliament-father-uncomfortable-truths/102454338While writing my dad's eulogy five years ago, I discovered details about his life I'd never fully grasped before.
I remember dad, whose name was Cedric Jacobs, travelling to the United Nations in Geneva with the National Aboriginal Conference in 1981. The NAC, I learned decades later, was effectively a Voice to Parliament and the document he was presenting to the UN was a plan for a Makarrata.the Uluru Statement from the Heart in 2017When I was little I dreamed of being a taxi driver so I could see more of my dad, who was away often.
The idea of Makarrata – treaty and truth telling – has been around for over four decades. So why doesn't Australia have Makarrata, and what happened to the NAC?I wanted to learn more about the work my father and his generation had done in helping lay the groundwork for the Uluru Statement from the Heart.this year's referendum on establishing an Indigenous Voice to Parliament