Thousands of people have attended Invasion Day rallies across Australia, where speakers addressed a number of issues for First Nations peoples, including the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament. 9News
Greens senator and DjabWurrung Gunnai Gunditjmara woman Lidia Thorpe was met with cheers from the public in Melbourne when she said Indigenous Australians deserved "real power and action" rather than the proposed Voice.
A referendum on whether to constitutionally enshrine the advisory body is due to be held later this year but Thorpe said First Nations people deserve something more powerful.Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe was met with cheers from the public in Melbourne, as she said Aboriginal Australians deserved "real power and action" rather than the proposed Voice."They want to put the colonial constitution on top of the oldest constitution on the planet. Our constitution comes from the soil.
"We have an opportunity to have a treaty ... that could put 10 independent Black seats in the parliament today.Thorpe yesterday reached a formal deal with her party to vote against the Voice proposal if and when the Greens decide to support it, according to theSome speakers during an Invasion Day rally at Sydney's Belmore Park also urged people to vote against the Voice.
Speaking in Canberra before Thorpe's speech, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he wouldn't be drawn into "partisan politics, whether it's Lidia Thorpe or others"."If not now, when will this change occur?"And if not the people of Australia this year, who will make this change, which will improve our country, improve our national unity?
"And this is an opportunity for Australia, it's one that I sincerely hope that Australia doesn't miss."Continue reading
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