Voice offers a pathway to peace says Pearson in crucial pitch for Yes vote

Australians have been promised a peace dividend from the Indigenous Voice in a crucial pitch from Yes campaigner Noel Pearson to convince voters to back the change and reject what he called a confected war from the No side.

Pearson said the defeat of the Voice would lead to years of continued culture war from the No camp, while a positive vote would ease the animosities of the past and set up a practical way to address problems in the future.

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