Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister Jacinta Price says Australians “just want to get on with things” as she campaigns against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Ms Price said while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese focuses on the referendum, “nothing else” is getting done. “Let’s not forget cost-of-living also affects Indigenous Australians – particularly our most marginalised,” she said during a media conference on Tuesday. “Everyone’s feeling that right now, feeling the pinch of cost-of-living. “We’ve got about 18 days left to go before the referendum and then we can get back to actually addressing our real issues as a country together without dividing us along the lines of race.”
Shadow Indigenous Australians Minister Jacinta Price says Australians “just want to get on with things” as she campaigns against the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Ms Price said while Prime Minister Anthony Albanese focuses on the referendum, “nothing else” is getting done. “Let’s not forget cost-of-living also affects Indigenous Australians – particularly our most marginalised,” she said during a media conference on Tuesday.“We’ve got about 18 days left to go before the referendum and then we can get back to actually addressing our real issues as a country together without dividing us along the lines of race.”
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