Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney says she's been subject to racism and bullying ahead of Australians voting on the Voice to Parliament proposal.
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00:00 This all happened at a media alerted event this morning in Sydney.
00:07 Cameras were on and filming Linda Burney handing out pamphlets as part of the Yes campaign
00:15 alongside New South Wales Premier Chris Mins.
00:19 Chris Mins then said to Linda Burney, posed the question, had she been doing a lot of
00:24 travelling in the lead up to the referendum in just over four weeks time, in which in
00:30 her response she reflected on recent months and recent sitting weeks in particular, saying
00:37 the experience has been gruelling and her treatment appalling.
00:43 Minister Burney has been subject to consistent questioning in recent weeks, in particular
00:48 during question time from the opposition about the shape of the voice, how it will operate,
00:54 and of course coming as we grow ever closer to referendum day.
00:58 In a statement since these comments were caught on camera, she says that she's confirmed that
01:05 her office has been subject to ongoing racist emails, calls, messages in recent months.
01:17 She says while racism does take its toll, she's not going to let it have any impact
01:22 or weaken or diminish her resolve to see Australia vote yes on the question of recognising Aboriginal
01:30 Australians, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders through a voice in the constitution.
01:36 Have you been doing a lot of travelling?
01:39 Unbelievable.
01:40 We've just finished two weeks of filming.
01:41 It's just unbelievable and racist and bullying.
01:42 The way they treat me as a poor woman.
01:54 There won't be any additional parliamentary sittings in the next four weeks.
01:59 Yesterday's question time and yesterday in its totality being the last sitting day before
02:03 Australians go to the polls for the first time in terms of a referendum in some two
02:08 decades.
02:09 There's yes campaigns being held across the country today in capital cities with politicians
02:15 at those, be they media conferences, speeches or handing out of campaign material.
02:22 We're expecting the no campaign to do likewise and that to step up in frequency in the next
02:27 four weeks or so.
02:30 And Minister Burney also this morning making comments about how audiences' viewing patterns
02:36 have changed and how that might have some influence on them picking up on advertising
02:41 on their free to air channels and reading of news as well.
02:48 Her saying that the campaign will ramp up and we're expecting advertising and yes and
02:55 no core flutes becoming more prominent as we get ever closer to the vote on October
03:02 14 as Australians turn their mind to that.
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