Grassroots initiatives are proving 'powerful' to help multicultural Australians decide how to vote in the Voice referendum. And now a date is set, individuals and independent groups are going to great lengths to ensure their communities are informed.
She is also concerned about the vote creating social divisions by recognising people of certain backgrounds and not others.
"I came out here in 1997, so I'm a bit concerned that this would make me — in a way — a second-class citizen," Ms Borso told the ABC."The major issue for us is that we don't want to divide the community according to racial division," Mr Daoud said.As the voting date approaches, Multicultural Voices Against the Voice plans to arrange more informal events like street stalls, increase social media campaigning and create leaflets for letterbox drops.
In Alice Springs, Yes campaign volunteer, Harpal Singh said he was still trying to learn as much as he could.The 42-year-old attended Amar Singh's Alice Springs event to help initiate more discussions.Ms Batra says she hopes to have more interactions with people to discuss the Voice in the lead up to voting day.She hopes that as voting day nears, there will be more opportunities to meet people from the Indigenous community to understand "the things they are fighting for".
"I've never felt more in love with Australia driving through some of these wonderful places," he said. "Australia is a land of fair go, and we've come here with a suitcase and [been] given life … it's time that we recognise the issues in our society and help our Indigenous people get on the same level and make it better for them as well."
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