It is true that our task is not easy, but I am confident that we can win the referendum for an Indigenous voice to parliament
: “Consequently, [the Bringing Them Home report] got it wrong. Taking [Indigenous] children was a necessary instrument, because saving Aboriginal society was thought at the time to be a forlorn hope.”
I am confident that we can win the referendum. On one side is misinformation, fearmongering and the defence of a failed approach to Indigenous affairs, and on the other is truth, hope and a better way. To delay the referendum now will be to cancel it. We have one shot. If you are concerned that we may lose, then join us as we do the work to inform our fellow Australians.
I also met Henry on the Sunshine Coast. The lad is only seven and he read my children’s book about the Uluru Statement, Finding Our Heart. Henry brought along his grandparents and a homemade placard: a cutout of Australia, written on with black marker. In white in the heart of Australia, he wrote ‘Yes’.In Eidsvold I met a couple of farmers. One who told me he played footy with the mob, and the other whose wife works at the school.
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