The panel event, streamed live on Ware’s official Facebook page, was drawing to a close after Abbott and Hildebrand had debated for an hour and half and fielded four questions from the audience when an Indigenous man interrupted to say an Aboriginal perspective was needed.
The man’s intervention was preceded by another audience member, who is associated with the Yes campaign, interjecting during Ware’s final remarks to say: “Can we please hear from a First Nations person before we go?”
Ware responded: “We simply do not have the time.”
As Ware pressed ahead, a man who identified himself as Dhungutti and Gumbaynggirr from the NSW mid-north coast, walked onto the stage and took over the lectern, saying: “Maybe you should hear it from an Aboriginal side.”
www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/liberal-mp-accused-of-ignoring-aboriginal-voices-in-a-community-forum-on-voice-20230504-p5d5mw.html
