Anthony Albanese broke down during a ceremony with traditional owners at Uluru on Tuesday.
to reconsider, saying Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders are “reaching out” to the rest of the community for their own survival.
“It’s extraordinary to think that the culture we are witness to here today stretches back 65,000 years,” he said.“On Saturday, that culture is reaching out to Australia: a hand outstretched, for us to grasp in friendship. A chance to celebrate the richness of our shared history and to work together for a better future.”
“I’m confident, when people focus on what this referendum is about, that we can have a successful outcome on Saturday,” Mr Albanese said. “We have excluded Indigenous views from decisions that affect them for far too long, and now is a rare moment in history when we can come together as a nation, do the right thing, and say yes to the simple request that Australia recognises its first peoples and gives them a Voice.”also backed the Yes campaign on Tuesday, telling ABC radio an Indigenous body enshrined in the Constitution would improve the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders.
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