Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Friday issued an emotional, final-day plea to salvage a landmark referendum on Indigenous rights, his voice trembling as he told voters: “Kindness costs nothing.
On Saturday, Australians will decide whether to recognise First Nations peoples for the first time in the 1901 constitution and create an Indigenous advisory body—a so-called “Voice”—for policies that affect their communities.Opinion polls give the reforms little hope, with recent surveys indicating the “yes” camp is polling at just over 40 percent and the “no” side at nearly 60 percent.
“This is a time where Australians have that opportunity to show the generosity of spirit that I see in the Australian character.”The Australian leader reminded people of the harsh lives endured by many First Nations peoples, whose ancestors lived on the continent for more than 60,000 years before white settlement.
A victory for the “yes” camp “may just make life better” for Indigenous people, the prime minister said. “’No’ takes us nowhere—we are living in ‘no’ right now.”
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