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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Eden Gillespie

Noel Pearson urges Queenslanders to treat voice referendum as ‘the ultimate State of Origin’

Noel Pearson speaks during a keynote address at the National Museum of Australia
‘We would like our home state to [come] back to us,’ said Indigenous leader Noel Pearson as he urged Queenslanders to lend support to the voice. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

Queenslanders have been urged to approach the voice referendum as “the ultimate State of Origin”, with the Cape York Indigenous leader Noel Pearson describing the state as “ground zero” for the campaign.

As well as requiring an overall majority of Australians to back the referendum, the yes campaign also needs to carry a majority of states, with some polls suggesting Queensland could be a barrier to that occurring.

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