First Nations peoples experience significant social and emotional wellbeing (SEWB) disturbance witnessed in statistics for significant psychological distress (ABS, 2022; Page et al., 2022) and suicide (AIHW, 2012; Pollock et al., 2018) resulting from colonisation and ongoing trauma, including experiences of racism and discrimination. Political discourse and process are spaces in that institutional discrimination is known to exist and to be perpetuated. Political discourse and processes can have a significant impact on the wellbeing of population groups, particularly vulnerable population groups such as Australia’s First Nations peoples, as was witnessed during the marriage equality debate and political process in Australia (Casey et al., 2021; Ecker et al., 2019). In 2017, the wellbeing of LGBTQI+ community was greatly impacted by the marriage equality vote and resulting debate in Australia, as seen in reports of increased suicide rates, hate speech, and use of medical and mental health sessions (Ecker, 2019). First Nation’s people already experience significant SEWB disturbance which is likely to be exacerbated by discourse and political process behind ‘The Voice to Parliament’ and other elements of the Uluru statement of the heart. This presentation unpacks what is known in terms of the relationship between politically motivated discourse and wellbeing and critiques what could have been done to better protect the SEWB of First Nations people in Australia during the politically motivated discourse around the voice to parliament.