Mr Mayo is one of the public faces of the Yes campaign in Australia’s historic Voice to Parliament referendum, to be held on 14 October.
If successful, the vote will change the nation’s constitution for the first time in 46 years, creating a body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people to advise the government on policies affecting their communities.
Opinion polls had long shown support for the change but now suggest the No vote is leading.
Trying to think of a situation that was made better by adapting the constitution to give one ethnicity more say in the running of a country.
There is so much racism and bigotry in the country that has to be addressed but I don’t see how this makes things better.
Because it will be in the Constitution and therefore legally binding. Racists can be charged, as they should be.
