Few generations of Australians have experienced the personal privilege of changing our country for the better.
Most of our big decisions are left to politicians, but on Saturday we have the chance of our lifetime.
Anthony Albanese campaigning for the Voice at Uluru earlier this week, flanked by Labor MP Marion Scrymgour, ultra-marathon runner and former Liberal MP Pat Farmer and NT Chief Minister Natasha Fyles.The referendum represents a real opportunity for Australia, and we should seize the moment. We have nothing to be afraid of.
The Yes campaign has been woeful. It failed to maintain the soaring momentum offered when Prime Minister Anthony Albanese confirmed the referendum at his election night victory speech and allowed the national mood to leach away as disinformation, an upsurge in racist hate, online abuse and internecine sniping between leading proponents usurped common sense and decency.
Despite such evidence, this referendum has been blighted by a brutal Trump-like arc of lies and confrontation. This was largely absent from the 1999 republic referendum but escaped captivity during the same-sex marriage plebiscite of 2017. That time the public’s widespread support had the opposite effect, but the rancour on display this year must be devastating to most First Nations peoples who share hopes that Australia was at last ready to listen to them.
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