Oxfam Australia has worked to advance First Peoples’ rights for more than 50 years. We were a founding member of the Close the Gap alliance in 2007 and continue today to work towards a world where First Nations Peoples have achieved self-determination and their human and cultural rights are fully realised. For Oxfam that means ensuring First Peoples are supported to lead the way on addressing the causes of disadvantage, inequality and injustice in their own communities, and in our legislation and laws that affect them. These communities know best about the solutions needed to grow the wellbeing, prosperity and empowerment of their communities. Voice is another way of describing representation, and we believe this is vitally important for First Nations people after centuries of dispossession and marginalisation. Representation is an essential step towards reconciliation and will ensure First Nations communities can advise decision makers on issues that affect their communities. Thus, Oxfam will be a leading voice supporting the YES campaign.