More than 100 people Walk for Yes referendum vote in Kununurra

More than one hundred Kununurra locals joined tens of thousands of people around Australia at the weekend to Walk for Yes in the upcoming referendum. Marchers turned up with colourful placards and some with children - both the two-legged and fur varieties - to walk together in support of enshrining a voice to Parliament in the Australian Constitution. The crowd met at the Big Boab on Sunday afternoon for a Welcome to Country before walking to Celebrity Tree Park for a barbecue. Wunan Chairman Ian Trust told the crowd that there needed to be change because, “the status quo is taking us nowhere.” “I’m thinking about this referendum from a regional perspective and what happens in our region. What is our long term vision? What sort of country do we want to see? “At the moment the status quo is taking us nowhere. We are spending money on programs and policies that aren’t working. “The bottom line is we have to change something because we’re just not going anywhere. “We have to come up with a better solution to what we are currently doing. This Referendum is an important vote, and hopefully after the fourteenth of October we will have some solutions. Tens of thousands of people took part in Walk for Yes events in towns and cities across Australia at the weekend. In the Kimberley, a Walk for Yes march was also held in Broome. In Perth thousands of people gathered at the Nicky Winmar statue at Optus Stadium and walked across the Matagarup Bridge to Victoria Gardens in East Perth. The crowd was so large the walk leaders finished at Victoria Gardens while the tail of crowd was still queueing to get onto Matagarup Bridge. The procession was led by former federal Indigenous affairs minister Ken Wyatt, WA Premier Roger Cook and a cohort of mostly Labor politicians.