'We’re going to love them on the beaches': Noel Pearson has drawn on a famous World War Two speech by Winston Churchill to back the ‘Yes’ campaign at the Garma Festival. Read more:
Albanese took a swing at the Federal Opposition's No stance, saying their push to legislate a Voice"underminds every other argument they make".
“We will not deny the urgency of this moment. We will not kick the can down the road. We will not abandon substance for symbolism, or retreat to platitudes at the expense of progress. “Not only does this mean rejecting the form of recognition that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have requested.READ MOREHe noted that the entire reason for recognition through the Voice, was so that it "can't simply be abolished by the stroke of a pen".
Yunupingu was one of the founders of Garma festival, establishing the first at Gulkula in 1999. The staunch land rights activist, and Yolngu Elder passed away in April.Mr Albanese acknowledged his absence, saying he's a "man its hard to imagine Garma without".Record number of First Nations people enrolled to vote ahead of Voice referendum
Mr Albanese said Yunuipingu’s aspirations, the “embrace of both” cultures for the “betterment of both” was the same aspiration as the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
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