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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lorena Allam

‘Be loud and proud’: Linda Burney calls for support for referendum on First Nations voice to parliament

At the forum to raise support for a referendum on a First Nations voice to parliament, Linda Burney told the audience: ‘We cannot do it without you.’
At the forum to raise support for a referendum on a First Nations voice to parliament, Linda Burney told the audience: ‘We cannot do it without you.’ Photograph: Dan Himbrechts/AAP

The government’s campaign to raise support for a referendum on a First Nations voice to parliament was highlighted to a packed and enthusiastic meeting in the inner west of Sydney on Thursday evening.

Australia’s new minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, received a standing ovation after she told the crowd at Marrickville town hall the Uluru Statement was an “incredibly generous invitation to the Australian people to walk together with First Nations people, and the journey begins here in Marrickville”.

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