Former Liberal MP and ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer is running a 14,000km marathon to raise support for the Voice to Parliament, saying it is “really starting to grow” as he spreads the word.
“The simple message that this is about uniting the country not dividing the country, it’s about all of us falling together under one constitution, which is the Australian constitution,” Mr Farmer told Sky News Australia.
“At the end of the day, it just makes the politicians do what they are supposed to do and that is truly representing all people in this country.”
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