Orange for Yes campaign marches through city

Central Western Daily

WATCH: Hundreds of Orange for Yes campaigners march through the city in support of the Voice; September 17, 2023.

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00:00 I've come today to Cook Park to represent my town, Cowra, here, because our local member

00:06 is a National Party member and they've taken the very first stance to take up the no vote

00:13 very early on when it was announced and I don't think it was fair that they should have

00:18 done that without exploring or having some public debate about it.

00:22 Our member Michael McCormack represents Wiradjuri heartland of New South Wales and I think that

00:29 we need to stand up and say yes and send a message to them.

00:33 And why will you be voting yes?

00:35 I will be voting yes.

00:36 I've spent a lot of time in Aboriginal Australia in remote areas and I've seen the disadvantage

00:42 that's happened in North East Arnhem Land and remote Western Australia and I've heard

00:49 silly things like lifestyle choices thrown around for Aboriginal people that are connected

00:54 to country.

00:56 I think we need to even up the voice to parliament.

00:59 Most of the mining companies have a voice to parliament in the form of lobby, lobby

01:04 groups, lobbyists.

01:05 Why not Aboriginal Australia and formalise it for the oldest living culture on the planet.

01:12 I'm not sure.

01:20 I'm not sure.

01:28 I'm not sure.

01:36 I'm not sure.

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01:57 I'm not sure.

02:04 I'm not sure.

02:11 So why have you ladies come down to Cook Park to march today?

02:14 We think that Aboriginal Australia and other people need a more equal chance and accepting

02:23 society to be able to vote for everyone.

02:28 And those people who might be on the fence about voting yes or no, why would you encourage

02:32 them to vote yes?

02:33 I think that it's definitely a step forward in the right direction for our country and

02:38 I think that it will really help put us on the right moving forward.

02:43 Can you smile as much as you want?

02:46 You've got 11,000 people.

02:48 You don't have to smile as much.

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