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Voters across Ballarat share how and why they voted in the 2023 Voice to Parliament referendum

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00:00 What are you doing here today?

00:06 We're just handing out leaflets for the Yes campaign.

00:09 We're both volunteers.

00:10 Absolutely.

00:11 And any reason behind the dancing?

00:12 Well, it's a freezing Ballarat day.

00:14 It's freaking cold.

00:15 And we're trying to encourage people to think about the Yes as a positive thing.

00:19 So we want everyone to understand the importance of a Yes vote and why we need to do this for

00:25 our country.

00:26 Absolutely.

00:27 Also trying to get ahead of the misinformation and making sure everybody's putting their

00:29 vote where it matters.

00:30 What vibe are you getting off people coming down today?

00:33 Well, we're trying to stay positive, one of the other reasons for the dancing.

00:36 And we're hoping that Australians will be generous and vote Yes.

00:40 I voted Yesterday.

00:41 And can you tell me why you decided to vote Yes?

00:45 Yeah, I was just worried that if ANOVA went through, that it would convince the politicians

00:53 that people don't want to support Aboriginal people.

00:56 Whereas I think that Yes shows them that that's what we want.

00:59 Speaking to people around in this general area, in Bacchus Marshall or Ballarat, what

01:05 impression do you get that how people will be voting?

01:08 It seems a bit mixed.

01:10 Obviously, I'm hoping lots of people will vote Yes, but yeah, it seems like a bit of

01:15 a mixture.

01:16 Do you mind telling me your name?

01:18 Jovita.

01:19 And how did you vote today?

01:21 I voted Yes.

01:22 And why did you decide to vote Yes?

01:24 Because Aboriginal people need as much help as they can get, even though this is a tiny,

01:29 tiny administrative effort, they need to be helped.

01:32 Yes.

01:33 And on that tiny effort, you don't think this will have any huge effect on other Australians

01:38 who aren't Indigenous?

01:39 No, I don't.

01:41 No.

01:42 But a tiny little streamlined effect, I hope.

01:44 So, Yes, everybody.

01:46 And how did you vote today?

01:47 Yes.

01:48 And why did you vote Yes?

01:49 Because there's no question it should be Yes.

01:51 We should have a voice for the Aboriginal Torres Strait Islander people.

01:55 Yeah.

01:56 And do you live in Alfredton?

01:57 I do.

01:58 And have you been speaking to many people around in the lead up to the vote?

02:01 Not a lot, I try not to.

02:03 Yeah, everyone else's opinion is there.

02:06 Did you get much impression of who you think other people are voting today?

02:10 I think more people are voting No than I thought would, unfortunately.

02:13 unfortunately.

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