Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney remains positive the majority of Australians will vote Yes to a Voice to Parliament despite recent polls showing a slump in support.
“Now that we have almost finished the work in the Parliament, the campaigns will kick in, and I think it’s fantastic that people want to know more.
“If we embrace that we are going to recognise 65,000 years of culture and heritage and story, which is yours and mine, how proud does that make us, how grown up does that make us as a country.”
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