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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Calla Wahlquist

National party ‘out of touch’ with regional Australia on Indigenous voice, campaigner says

National Party National Thomas Mayor Australia Uluru David Littleproud Nationals
Thomas Mayor speaks about the Uluru statement from the Heart in NSW in 2018
Thomas Mayor has spoken about the Indigenous voice proposal to large crowds in cities and small groups in country halls. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

A key campaigner for the yes vote says the National party is “out of touch” with regional Australia after the party announced it would not support a referendum on the Indigenous voice to parliament.

The Torres Strait Islander man Thomas Mayor spent 18 months travelling around Australia speaking to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people about the Uluru statement and the proposal for a voice, addressing large crowds in cities and small groups in country halls.

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