Large crowds have attended Come Together for Yes rallies nationwide to promote the vote for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Yes23, a campaign supporting the Voice to Parliament, organised the rallies.Many thousands have turned out at rallies nationwide to back the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, with organisers hoping momentum will build despite recent polls showing a decline in the Yes vote.
Hundreds of people lined the steps at the Emma Miller Place park on Roma Street to listen to speeches and watch cultural performances. "You don't necessarily see it on television. You don't see it in the newspapers, but there are conversations happening around kitchen tables, in sporting clubs, in workplaces around the country," she said.At the University of Wollongong, Jaymee Beveridge from the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre told those gathered the campaign was a long game."Your Yes vote will contribute to the fibre that can weave us together as a nation.
Food trucks, coffee vans and kids entertainment were on offer at most sites with organisers keen to get people to come and listen to speakers discuss what the upcoming referendum meant for them and their communities.A referendum is expected to be held later this year.
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