Not every suburb should be defined exclusively by “nightlife” and “age”,just like not every old or young person should be defined by stereotypes.
The outgoing Senior Australian of the Year knows the Voice defeat shocked many advocates,but he remains committed to truth-telling and treaty-making.
The draft document is intended as the first collective response of Indigenous leaders supporting the Yes campaign after a week of silence following the referendum defeat.
No campaigners including Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Nyunggai Warren Mundine emerged as persuasive public figures.
Yes campaign director Dean Parkin says he remains hopeful of a win because nearly one in four voters has yet to make up their mind on the Voice.
Anthony Albanese has frequently said a Yes vote in the referendum could invoke the same pride as the apology to the stolen generations.
An exclusive survey found 22 per cent of voters say they find it persuasive when critics say the Voice would divide Australians by race.
While Yes campaigner Noel Pearson characterised the referendum as a moral choice,even at Uluru a division can be found.
The ultimate falsehood in the bitter referendum debate is that an Indigenous advisory body would divide Australia by race.
In a passionate pitch ahead of the referendum,Noel Pearson said voting Yes was the middle path,while voting No was “an active choice to take us nowhere”.
Yes advocate Noel Pearson will implore Australians to seize the chance to unify the nation a day after Nyunggai Warren Mundine claimed the Yes campaign is built on lies.