Spirits were high outside Parliament House as leading members of the Voice to Parliament’s Yes campaign including the Prime Minister came out on the streets to welcome Michael Long as he completed the final leg of The Long Walk from Melbourne to Canberra on Thursday morning.
He first made the walk to speak with then-prime minister John Howard following the abolition of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Commission.
“Not for a day have I regretted that decision and not a single Indigenous leader who I’ve met has asked for anything other than to keep stepping forward. Months ahead of embarking on the walk, when the legislation for the Voice to Parliament passed the Senate’s Upper House in June, Mr Long had hailed the “significant moment” but emphasised there needed to be more support for the proposal from both political ends if it were to achieve desired outcomes.
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