‘The Voice’ Gives Indigenous Australians the Power to End Victimhood: Yes Campaigner

Noel Pearson told Australians to hold Indigenous people accountable if The Voice is successful.

Founder of the Cape York Institute for Policy and Leadership Noel Pearson addresses the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra, Australia, on Sept. 27, 2023. AAP Image/Lukas Coch

Leading Yes campaigner Noel Pearson has said Indigenous victimhood will end once more power is granted to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities.

“Our victimhood ends with our own power. Have the same expectations of us as you would your own,” he told the National Press Club in a speech on Sept. 27.