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Voice to Parliament referendum triggers different views among Indigenous Australians

"It's got to be the right people," Uncle Wes Marne says of a Voice to Parliament. (ABC News: Maryanne Taouk)

In Sydney's western suburbs, Uncle Wes Marne's weathered hands are making jewellery out of beads coloured in the red, yellow and black of the Aboriginal flag.

At 100 years of age, the Bigambul elder — who lives in Mt Druitt — has seen a lifetime of change for his people, some of it positive, but much of it failing to bridge the gap.

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