Ultramarathon runner Pat Farmer has ended a 8,950-mile run at the central Australian sandstone landmark Uluru after a seven-month journey to raise public support for the creation of an Indigenous advocacy body in the constitution. Australians will vote on Saturday at a referendum that would enshrine in the constitution a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament. The Voice would be a mechanism for Indigenous Australians to advise lawmakers on policies that effect their lives. Prime Minister Antho
Pat Farmer, left, as speaks on his arrival at the Sydney Opera House on his Run for the Voice campaign, as Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, listens in Sydney, Aug. 22, 2023. Ultramarathon runner Farmer ended a 14,400-kilometer run at the central Australian sandstone landmark Uluru on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 2023, after a seven-month journey to raise public support for the creation of an Indigenous advocacy body in the constitution.
Albanese said he had “utter admiration and awe” for Farmer’s commitment for the cause which opinion polls suggest is unlikely to succeed.“No one has done more than this bloke and I am very pleased to welcome him here at Uluru,” Albanese said. The former lawmaker’s run began in Hobart on the island state of Tasmania on April 17 and traversed every Australian state as well as both mainland territories.
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