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‘Nothing to celebrate’: Invasion Day rallies draw thousands but participants divided on voice

‘Nothing to celebrate’: Invasion Day rallies draw thousands but participants divided on voice

Attendees at the Sydney rally say the strong opposition to the voice to parliament by organisers was shaping how they will voteFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThousands of people attended Invasion Day rallies across Australia on Thursday, where First Nations speakers called for action on deaths in custody, and end to the removal of Aboriginal children and – in many locations – made a case against an Indigenous voice to parliament being enacted before a treaty.The referendum on a constitutionally enshrined First Nations advisory body, as first proposed in the Uluru statement from the heart, is due to be held later this year and was a prominent topic at Thursday’s events, which are held each year to mourn and protest Indigenous dispossession on what is officially Australia’s national day.

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