Noel Pearson has declared a Yes vote in the Voice to Parliament referendum will give Indigenous Australians the tools to take responsibility for their own “destiny”.
The leading Yes campaigner spoke to the National Press Club on Wednesday as he provided his reasoning for why he believed a vote in favour of the referendum will be more beneficial.
“Let’s do this now. The opportunity to get this right is now at hand, right in front of us. We have many problems. But we Australians have the gumption and we can summon the national resolve to get on top of that,” he said. Mr Pearson argued the love of country is what brings Australians together and how it should be the “largest motive” for Yes to succeed.
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