Not Consulted

Megan Davis, Noel Pearson, Rachael Perkins and Thomas Mayor (union representative) together with others involved behind the scenes such as Marcia Langton and Bruce Pascoe (an unverified Aboriginal person) organised the Uluru Statement convention. However this leadership group failed to comprehensively consult with Indigenous people living in communities, despite the fact many Aboriginal organisation leaders had been invited. In May 2017, twelve meetings were held across Australia and 250 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people were chosen from 1200 possible candidates to participate at the gathering. However no independent process was enacted to determine who should attend. The chosen group met for four days at Uluru and the Statement was not verified. 

Nonetheless, the convention organisers claimed the gathering had reached a consensus however, delegates from Victoria and NSW walked out claiming they had been threatened by the organisers.