Michael Long begins long walk for Indigenous voice to parliament: ‘The hatred’s got to stop’
by Australian Associated Press from World news | The Guardian on (#6E6V2)
AFL legend wants Australians to join recreation of his Long Walk of 2004 which ended with a meeting with then PM John Howard
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The AFL legend Michael Long has declared it high time for Australia to embrace Aboriginal people as he embarked on a walk to Canberra in support of an Indigenous voice to parliament.
Recreating his Long Walk in 2004, the son of two stolen generations members will trek hundreds of kilometres in the lead-up to the referendum.
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