Article 6957B Tensions run high as yes campaign for voice launches in Western Australia

Tensions run high as yes campaign for voice launches in Western Australia

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Narelle Towie in Perth
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Hundreds packed a forum in Perth to hear speakers including new Greens First Nations spokesperson Dorinda Cox support a yes vote

Tensions ran hot at the West Australian launch of the yes campaign for an Indigenous voice to parliament as the event exposed community divisions.

Hundreds packed the forum on Thursday night on Nyungar land, at Curtin University in Perth's south-east, as the state joined the nationwide voice week of action" aimed at winning the referendum set for the end of this year.

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