The protest comes as the nation prepares for a historic indigenous rights referendum.
People arrive at a voting centre for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum in Melbourne on Monday.
The many disparities faced by Aboriginal communities have been put under the spotlight ahead of next weekend’s referendum, which will decide if indigenous Australians are recognised in the constitution for the first time. Some indigenous activists see the referendum as a compromise solution that does not go far enough to address historical wrongs.
A 2020 report by the Australian Institute of Criminology found First Nations people died in police custody at a rate more than six times higher than non-indigenous.
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