Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made his first visit as prime minister to Australia's largest mosque in an effort to drum up support for the Voice to Parliament.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese appeared to strike a chord over the Indigenous Voice to Parliament as he visited Australia's largest mosque — but not everyone is convinced. Albanese addressed a congregation of Australian Muslims at the conclusion of the Jumu'ah prayer at Lakemba Mosque in Sydney's south-west, a week out from the referendum.
"I think there's a lot of people who probably still don't understand what the Voice is about... but I think it is a really good step having the prime minister coming down today and also talking to the community," one person told SBS News. Another man said of the Voice to Parliament: "It is an important step in order to open the door for listening, for listening to these voices who are and were marginalised for a long time".
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