Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed Australia’s largest Indigenous political gathering in a speech that reflected on the Voice to Parliament’s defeat and focused on economic empowerment.
The Garma Festival, the nation’s biggest celebration of Yolngu culture, was where Albanese put forward his proposition for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament in 2022, and last year attempted to reboot the campaign in support of the proposal two months before the vote.
He returned for the festival’s opening on Friday and spoke on Saturday, saying he understood the “high bar” the referendum had to clear and “the historical record we were up against”.
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00:00 Acknowledgements
02:37 On the failed Voice to Parliament referendum
05:35 Believed it was the right thing to do’
06:48 The pain is still raw’
07:35 ‘Optimism for a better future still burns’
09:23 Renewed invitation to ‘to find a new way forward’ together
12:40 Commitments ‘to make meaningful change’ across the country
20:14 On a new First Nations economic partnership plan
28:45 Conclusion
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