For weeks, there’s been mud-slinging in Canberra over the Indigenous voice to parliament. But this week, the yes campaign launched at a “politician-free” event run by Indigenous campaigners – and the tone was noticeably more respectful.
The launch on Kaurna land in Adelaide was infused with energy and excitement, boosted by a $5m donation from the Paul Ramsay Foundation, and ended with a call for the people to take charge of the conversation.