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Noel Pearson says he is undeterred by polls showing falling support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament as the civil rights battle fought by Australia’s First Nations over the last 100 years “has always been uphill”.
We’ve always been the underdog. It’s always been very hard for us, but we have won gains over these years, over these decades. And we won the native title decision with Mabo. We won the Native Title Act 30 years ago. We got justice for Aboriginal and Torres Strait islander peoples under the common law of Australia and justice has played out over the past 30 years.
All of these gains are not easily won. We have persuaded governments and we’ve persuaded the Australian people of the gains that we’ve made. We’re always the underdog. We’re 3% of the population. We are the most powerless people in the country, with the weakest political constituency in the country, but through persuasion and through argument and through constant campaigning, we’ve managed to make gains. We’re the underdog in this referendum but I still believe we can achieve victory.
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