Uluru Statement from the Heart Uluru Statement from the Heart The Uluru Statement from the Heart was released 26 May 2017 by delegates to a Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Referendum Convention held near Uluru in Central Australia. The statement calls for a ‘First Nations Voice’ in the Australian Constitution and a ‘Makarrata Commission’ to supervise a process of ‘agreement-making’ and ‘truth-telling’ between government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. The statement references the 1967 referendum which brought about changes to the Constitution of Australia to include indigenous Australians. A 16-member Referendum Council was jointly appointed on 7 December 2015 by the Prime Minister
Subjunctive by attraction Subjunctive by attraction In Latin grammar, the subjunctive by attraction (or attracted subjunctive) refers to uses of the subjunctive mood as the result of "attraction" or "assimilation" to another subjunctive or equivalent imperative. The name also applies to subjunctives used when a subordinate clause is "so closely connected with an infinitive as to form an integral part of" it. The following sentences show a verb in a subordinate clause which is made subjunctive because the main verb is subjunctive: The following examples each show a verb in a subordinate clause which becomes subjunctive because the verb on which it depends