An ABC TV presenter has revealed his unexpected stance on the Voice referendum, pointing out the debate was much more than a binary division of 'good and bad'.
Featuring on the Something To Talk About podcast, Armstrong spoke candidly with host and Stellar editor-in-chief Sarrah Le Marquand about how the upcoming Voice referendum wasn’t simply a black-and-white matter.
Armstrong's surprising comments come after he famously issued an emotional tribute to 15-year-old Cassius Turvey, an Indigenous boy who was allegedly murdered after being beaten by a pole on his walk home from school in late 2022, calling out the Australian media for their repeated silence on matters facing Blak people.
He later affirmed that Aboriginal people should be at the forefront of the Voice debate as the issue at hand directly impacts them but admitted to not knowing “diddly squat” himself. “Regardless of whichever way it goes, the irony will be, it’s not necessarily going to be the black fella whose vote makes a difference.”
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