Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has responded to Noel Pearson’s recent press club address in which he declared the Voice to Parliament referendum would be Australia’s “last best hope for a lasting settlement” on reconciliation.
on Wednesday and received a standing ovation for his explanation on how a vote in favour of the Voice would be beneficial.
Senator Price said the message she received from Mr Pearson’s speech was an “us and them” approach. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman“If affirmed, this referendum will seize our first best chance and last best hope for a lasting settlement. We do this for our future unborn. For the countless generations to come," he said.
“For now, we can draw a line on the colonial past because we choose to make it our history rather than our legacy.”“It’s disappointing that the message that I got from his speech today was about an us and them approach,” she told Sky News Australia host Caleb Bond.“It’s certainly not what I’ve been looking for.
The shadow Indigenous affairs minister is currently campaigning against the Voice in Queensland where support for the proposal has dropped to 31 per cent, according to a new poll conducted by Roy Morgan.“I’m really grateful to be here in Queensland because Queensland was sort of first to get over the line in terms of support for the No vote,” she said.
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