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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Yes campaign for voice to parliament will ‘maintain the love’, Noel Pearson says

Noel Pearson listens during Anthony Albanese’s speech during the Yes23 official campaign launch at the Playford Civic Centre in Adelaide
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has said the no campaign for the voice referendum is seeking to exploit ‘fear about reconciliation’. Photograph: Mark Brake/AAP

The Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has rejected John Howard’s call for campaigners against the voice to “maintain the rage”, responding that the yes campaign will “maintain the love, there’s no rage path for us”.

Pearson made the comments on Radio National on Thursday, arguing the no campaign is trying to “divert the conversation into negativity” after leading opponent Warren Mundine claimed without evidence that Anthony Albanese was responsible for unleashing “horrible racial abuse”.

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