Australian News / 03 August 2023
The Garma Festival mulls the Voice
Tomorrow marks the start of the Garma Festival – Australia’s largest annual Indigenous gathering, and there will be plenty of chat around one of the biggest questions the country’s faced in years. At Garma last year, PM Anthony Albanese announced there’d be a “simple and clear” referendum question asking Aussies if they wanted a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament. Since then, a series of polls over recent months have shown declining support. There’s still no date for the referendum, and Albanese says he won’t do that at Garma – he continues to point to his previous advice that it will be held between October-December. Coalition leader Peter Dutton won’t be there – he’s confirmed he turned down an invitation to attend the festival. Meanwhile, Indigenous leader Professor Megan Davis says while the ‘No’ case “got a head start on us“, the ‘Yes’ case will “turn this ship around” by voting day.
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