Yes campaigner Noel Pearson says the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum gives Australians a chance to begin a “new chapter” in the nation’s history. The Yes campaigner addressed the National Press Club ahead of the October 14 referendum. “On October the 14th, we get a chance to … bequeath our children the future they want, not the past that burdens us,” Mr Pearson said on Wednesday. “On October the 14th, we whisper into the wind of time that No gets us nowhere and Yes makes it possible. “On October 14, we can carve our generation’s name into the bedrock of history – we can do this for the love of our country, for the love of Australia.”
Yes campaigner Noel Pearson says the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum gives Australians a chance to begin a “new chapter” in the nation’s history.“On October the 14th, we get a chance to … bequeath our children the future they want, not the past that burdens us,” Mr Pearson said on Wednesday.
“On October the 14th, we whisper into the wind of time that No gets us nowhere and Yes makes it possible. “On October 14, we can carve our generation’s name into the bedrock of history – we can do this for the love of our country, for the love of Australia.”
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