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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lorena Allam

Indigenous voice campaigners say ample detail already available in wake of PM’s stirring speech

Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Yothu Yindi Foundation chair Galarrwuy Yunupingu
Anthony Albanese shakes hands with Yothu Yindi Foundation chair Galarrwuy Yunupingu after his speech at the Garma festival. Photograph: Aaron Bunch/AAP

The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, acknowledged we have been here before as a nation: at a crossroads, about to decide a path that will affect the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Islander people for generations to come.

But for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this time the stakes are so much higher, because the past is littered with the broken promises of politicians.

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