"Recognition is not a Labor thing. It's not a Liberal thing... It's an Australian thing."

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One of the original architects and a long-time campaigner for Indigenous Constitutional recognition, Noel Pearson speaks to SBS Chief Political Correspondent Anna Henderson on the Liberal Party's opposition to the Voice to Parliament referendum.

Recognition is not a Labor thing. It's not a Liberal thing. It's not a conservative thing. It's not a progressive thing. It's an Australian thing.

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