Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has paid tribute to Indigenous leader Yunupingu after his death in northeast Arnhem Land, saying his legacy will continue to speak to Australians for generations to come. 7NEWS
after his death in northeast Arnhem Land, saying his legacy will continue to speak to Australians for generations to come.
“As it burns away all that is superfluous and false, it lights the path ahead for us,” Mr Albanese said in a statement. Albanese said Yunupingu was a great Australian and a leading figure who had played a central role in delivering the Uluru Statement from the Heart. “At Garma last year, after I announced the details of the referendum, he asked me, ‘Are you serious this time?’ I replied: ‘Yes, we’re going to go for it’,” Albanese said.“This brought him some comfort as did his totems of fire and baru, the saltwater crocodile, which watched over him in his final days.”
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