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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Lorena Allam Indigenous affairs editor

‘Get on the front foot’: rapper Briggs urges yes supporters to ‘defuse the nonsense’ ahead of voice referendum

Briggs gets a haircut and beard trim at Uncle Rocco's Barbershop by owner and barber Fab Sfameni in Melbourne, Australia
Briggs says he is supporting the yes campaign to ‘uncomplicate the message’ ahead of the voice to parliament referendum. Photograph: Ellen Smith/The Guardian

The debate over the Indigenous voice to parliament has been “overcomplicated” by lies, misinformation and fear-mongering, the rapper and Yorta Yorta man Briggs says, so people need to “defuse the nonsense”.

Briggs said on Tuesday he was supporting the yes campaign to “uncomplicate the message”.

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