Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the government hopes to “engage with people who can connect” primarily with the youth but society at large, like basketballer Shaquille O’Neal.
He also said Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney had presented the NBA superstar with a boomerang.
“Shaq has that record of particularly when it comes to bringing people together of different backgrounds,” he said. “Which is consistent with our approach to a constitutionally recognised Voice to Parliament and recognising that Australian history didn’t begin in 1788.”
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