The date for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum is to be confirmed soon. Ahead of that announcement, campaigning has ramped up on both sides.
There's potentially less than two months to go until the referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which has to be held sometime in October or November.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has continued to back the yes case, arguing the Voice to Parliament referendum is about recognition and better outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
Mr Farmer says he is running 14,000 kilometres around the country to encourage other Australians to support the Voice. "I'm feeling very confident. We've got 1000 volunteers here just in the ACT now, and that's reflected across the country with over 30,000 volunteers. People are getting on board being part of making history. We're not taking any state for granted. We're working all over the place. I've just come from the Hunter region, doing a tour of town halls there. I've done Central Queensland and similar in all places.
"This whole referendum will be determined by the sensible centre, by the middle Austr alia that is sitting there wanting to understand the issue. And this sort of emotional, irrational narrative that is coming out of some people's mouths - and name calling - since this debate started, doesn't advance anyone's cause or help them in their side.
Former Federal Labor Minister turned President of No group Recognise a Better Way, Gary Johns, has also attracted attention with his conference remarks, telling the gathering that some people in Indigenous communities lived in a "stupor" and that they should "learn English".But he says the conference is not a Nationals Party event, despite some of his colleagues attending and Nationals shadow minister Jacinta Nampijinpa Price giving a speech at the event.
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