Anthony Albanese says pressing ahead with the referendum will have been worth it even if Australians reject the voice on 14 October because it has brought Indigenous disadvantage front and centre in the national conversation.
The prime minister told Guardian Australia he hoped Australians would vote yes because that would be a “unifying moment”. He predicted if the vote was yes, the country would move on “pretty quickly” from the polarisation and “hateful” elements of the referendum debate because the parliament would set about designing and implementing the advisory committee.
