‘This is our future’: How Yes Voice vote would change young Indigenous lives

Aboriginal mother and daughter make passionate plea for the Voice to parliament.

Transcript

00:00 Everyone says that racing is over, but it's not over.

00:03 - We want to stop that, the pain and the hardship

00:07 of fighting for just to be us,

00:10 like just to be a proud Aboriginal woman.

00:13 So for me, it's all about our younger generations

00:16 and supporting them for a brighter, better future

00:19 and sitting at the table with the big guys

00:21 and having our voice heard.

00:23 - Like, it'll make me and my other friend more confident

00:28 because me and her get bullied quite a lot.

00:31 And in the future, if that goes to yes,

00:36 I just want to be like, big yes.

00:41 I reckon it would give me and her a lot more confidence.

00:44 - If she's proud and stands up, we will need to back that.

00:48 This is our future here, right in front of us.

00:50 So if we're not backing that, then what are we backing?

00:53 (upbeat music)

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