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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Antoun Issa

Afternoon Update: Protests mark ‘Invasion Day’; Indigenous voice debate rages; and Netflix crackdown on password sharing

Protesters march from Victoria’s Parliament House to Flinders Street Station during the Treaty Before Voice Invasion Day protest in Melbourne on Thursday.
Protesters march from Victoria’s Parliament House to Flinders Street Station during the Treaty Before Voice Invasion Day protest in Melbourne on Thursday. Photograph: Alexi J Rosenfeld/Getty Images

Thousands marched across the nation today to mark 26 January as a day of mourning and invasion.

But protesters expressed differing views on the Indigenous voice to parliament, with Greens senator Lidia Thorpe insisting on a “treaty before the voice”. Thorpe told Guardian Australia at a large rally in Melbourne that “I have not got a guarantee [from Labor] that our sovereignty will not be ceded [if an Indigenous voice to parliament proceeds].”

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