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| Thousands rally around Australia in support of voice despite polls suggesting decline in yes vote | Thousands rally around Australia in support of voice despite polls suggesting decline in yes vote |
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| Peter Dutton, meanwhile, lashes companies supporting yes campaign saying they ‘lacked a significant backbone’ | Peter Dutton, meanwhile, lashes companies supporting yes campaign saying they ‘lacked a significant backbone’ |
| Thousands of people have turned out at rallies nationwide to back the Indigenous voice to parliament, with organisers hoping momentum will build despite recent polls showing a decline in the yes vote. | Thousands of people have turned out at rallies nationwide to back the Indigenous voice to parliament, with organisers hoping momentum will build despite recent polls showing a decline in the yes vote. |
| Welcome to country and smoking ceremonies kicked off Sunday’s day of action with the Indigenous Australians minister, Linda Burney, addressing a crowd at the Brisbane Yes23 event. | Welcome to country and smoking ceremonies kicked off Sunday’s day of action with the Indigenous Australians minister, Linda Burney, addressing a crowd at the Brisbane Yes23 event. |
| She made an impassioned plea for the yes vote, saying the voice would make a practical difference to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. | She made an impassioned plea for the yes vote, saying the voice would make a practical difference to the lives of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. |
| “How often do we get the chance to put our shoulder against the wheel of history and give it a bit of a shove?” Burney asked the crowd. “It comes once a lifetime and this is our time. This is about moving Australia forward for everyone.” | “How often do we get the chance to put our shoulder against the wheel of history and give it a bit of a shove?” Burney asked the crowd. “It comes once a lifetime and this is our time. This is about moving Australia forward for everyone.” |
| Hundreds of people lined the steps at the Emma Miller Place park on Roma Street to listen to speeches and watch cultural performances. | Hundreds of people lined the steps at the Emma Miller Place park on Roma Street to listen to speeches and watch cultural performances. |
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| Similar Come Together for Yes events were held in other cities, with several thousand people turning out to enjoy the winter sun at Prince Alfred park in Sydney’s CBD, many with homemade placards promoting a yes vote. | Similar Come Together for Yes events were held in other cities, with several thousand people turning out to enjoy the winter sun at Prince Alfred park in Sydney’s CBD, many with homemade placards promoting a yes vote. |
| Rachel Perkins, the cofounder of the Yes23 campaign, told the ABC at the Sydney event that the latest polls showing a decline in the yes vote did not reflect the reality on the ground. | Rachel Perkins, the cofounder of the Yes23 campaign, told the ABC at the Sydney event that the latest polls showing a decline in the yes vote did not reflect the reality on the ground. |
| “You don’t necessarily see it on television. You don’t see it in the newspapers, but there are conversations happening around kitchen tables, in sporting clubs, in workplaces around the country,” she said. “And that’s just going to grow.” | “You don’t necessarily see it on television. You don’t see it in the newspapers, but there are conversations happening around kitchen tables, in sporting clubs, in workplaces around the country,” she said. “And that’s just going to grow.” |
| At the University of Wollongong, Jaymee Beveridge from the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre told those gathered the campaign was a long game. | At the University of Wollongong, Jaymee Beveridge from the Woolyungah Indigenous Centre told those gathered the campaign was a long game. |
| “We are exhausted but we are hopeful warriors,” she said. “Your yes vote will contribute to the fibre that can weave us together as a nation.” | “We are exhausted but we are hopeful warriors,” she said. “Your yes vote will contribute to the fibre that can weave us together as a nation.” |
| Victorian rallies drew big crowds at the trade halls in Melbourne and Ballarat. In Canberra, Ngunnawal elder Aunty Violet urged the crowd to vote yes to change Indigenous lives. | Victorian rallies drew big crowds at the trade halls in Melbourne and Ballarat. In Canberra, Ngunnawal elder Aunty Violet urged the crowd to vote yes to change Indigenous lives. |
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| “We’re asking all Australians to walk beside us – vote yes for a better future,” she told those rugged up against the chill. | “We’re asking all Australians to walk beside us – vote yes for a better future,” she told those rugged up against the chill. |
| Food trucks, coffee vans and kids entertainment were on offer at most sites with organisers keen to get people to come and listen to speakers discuss what the upcoming referendum meant for them and their communities. | Food trucks, coffee vans and kids entertainment were on offer at most sites with organisers keen to get people to come and listen to speakers discuss what the upcoming referendum meant for them and their communities. |
| The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has lashed out at Australian mining giants and other big companies for donating to the yes campaign in support of the Indigenous voice to parliament. Dutton said on Sunday that many big companies “lacked a significant backbone” when it came to the upcoming voice referendum. | The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has lashed out at Australian mining giants and other big companies for donating to the yes campaign in support of the Indigenous voice to parliament. Dutton said on Sunday that many big companies “lacked a significant backbone” when it came to the upcoming voice referendum. |
| “There are a lot of people who are just craving popularity and are trying to please people in the Twittersphere,” he told Sky News. | “There are a lot of people who are just craving popularity and are trying to please people in the Twittersphere,” he told Sky News. |
| The Liberal party is campaigning for the no vote and Dutton maintains there are unanswered questions about how the voice advisory body will work. | The Liberal party is campaigning for the no vote and Dutton maintains there are unanswered questions about how the voice advisory body will work. |
| A referendum is expected to be held later this year. | A referendum is expected to be held later this year. |