As Australia marks its first Reconciliation Week since voting no to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, young First Nations people and advocates for change say they are still hopeful the country can heal, but that truth-telling will be key.
As Australia marks its first Reconciliation Week since voting no to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, First Nations young people and advocates for change say they are still hopeful the country can heal, but that truth-telling will be key.
"It makes me feel really small as a person, because that's … my whole person, being an Aboriginal person. Taleiah and Shania weren't alone in feeling isolated around the time of the referendum, and in the months leading up to it.13YARN, a national crisis support line for First Nations peoples, experienced a 108 per cent increase in callers reporting abuse, racism and trauma between March and June of last year, as advocates for both sides ramped up their promotional campaigns.
After the referendum, Senator Price said she was pleased with the outcome, and that Australia now had "fertile ground to move forward, to continue to call for common-sense approaches".Mr Maher — who supported the Yes vote — said the referendum result was likely the product of Australian voters' reluctance to tinker with the Australian Constitution, which provides the basic rules for the government of Australia.
"This wasn't really a vote against Aboriginal people, against Aboriginal culture. It was more than anything, a reluctance to change our constitution. We just don't do that in Australia very often.""Even if the referendum said no, people are … still fighting for it. And it's good because I love to see it — it's beautiful," Shania said.
"I think that the negative feelings that I have are starting to move into more feelings of hope, because I do see the allyship of the people who voted yes.
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