The October date for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum has been welcomed by advocates in Victoria, the First Peoples' Assembly of Victoria.
I think it's very exciting to finally have a date because now we know how many days there are left to keep putting our energies into making sure that we do get a successful outcome at this referendum - that we do get Yes.The South Australian premier says that there is a large role for states to play here. When we talk about getting successful referendum outcome. We need a double majority we need overall the majority but also six of those states to devote Yes.
What are your thoughts on the role of of states and also the the Assembly here in the lead up to this referendum?Absolutely. In terms of how the referendum works, the states are going to be critical. Everybody's vote will count as a part of this. We need everybody to be voting yes who does support this really important initiative. And from the Assembly's perspective, we're already operating as the Voice the First Peoples here in Victoria.
We need all Australians out there to be on board with this; to participate in this; to have the conversations around these things. There's nothing to fear about having these conversations. I encourage people to actually read the proposal. It's a very modest proposal. It's a very straightforward and simple proposal. Understand what is actually being proposed and have discussions about that; and hopefully not get too distracted by some of the negativity that is sadly out there.
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