Marcia Langton said she believed the referendum to be 'the one chance' for change for First Nations people.
Professor Marcia Langton AO addresses the National Press Club in Canberra, Wednesday, September 6, 2023.Speaking to the Press Club on Wednesday, Marcia Langton fired back at abuse towards Yes campaigners in the lead-up to the referendum.
But she said, how she and other yes campaigners would participate in the public sphere would "be very, very different" because of the "levels of abuse" they've experienced."I think our generation of leaders will hand over to younger leaders and they too will become targets like Adam Goodes, like Stan Grant, and the cycle will continue," she said fighting tears.
Langton noted that decisions made without proper consultation, have led to a distrust in government and acknowledged previous attempts at securing sustainable advisory bodies to Parliament. "This proposition is the barest measure imaginable that will give Indigenous Australians a formal say in policies and legislation that affect us," she said.
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