Noel Pearson warns of ‘almost endless protest’ if Indigenous voice referendum fails
Pearson says reconciliation efforts would be dead' if the proposal is rejected, while a yes vote would have tectonic' positive change
Indigenous leader Noel Pearson has called Tony Abbott's calls to scrap the voice to parliament absurd", claiming the proposal has been examined longer than any other public policy idea, and warning that a no vote could lead to a future of almost endless protest".
Pearson, an architect of the voice, said on Monday that he feared reconciliation efforts would be dead" if the referendum failed and predicted years of protests if the voice was rejected. By contrast, a yes vote would have tectonic" positive change for the nation, he said.
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