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.'
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."
"There is nothing, no cost to Australians showing kindness, thinking with their heart, as well as their head when they enter the polling booth tomorrow -- and voting 'yes'," Albanese said. 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.More than 200 years since British colonisation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples have lifespans eight years shorter than other Australians, a suicide rate twice as high, and double the mortality rate for mothers in childbirth, Albanese said.
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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