South Australians gather in the heart of the Adelaide's CBD to watch history being made as the First Nations Voice to Parliament bill is passed.
abc.net.au/news/sa-first-jurisdiction-to-establish-voice-to-parliament/102146780South Australia has become the first jurisdiction in the country to set up an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
"It has been a long time coming but First Nations voices will now be heard in the state of South Australia," he said. Mr Malinauskas acknowledged the efforts of "so many to get to this point", including Attorney-General and Aboriginal Affairs Minister Kyam Maher and Dale Agius, the state's First Nations commissioner.
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