Analysis-Indigenous reconciliation at stake as Australia votes on the Voice

FILE PHOTO: People rally during the 'Walk for Yes', hosted by the Yes23 campaign Australia's upcoming referendum on Indigenous issues, at the Todd River in Alice Springs, Australia, September 17, 2023. REUTERS/Jaimi Joy/File Photo

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Phone lines at 13Yarn, a national Indigenous helpline in Australia, are ringing off the hook.

National Program Manager Marjorie Anderson's team is receiving three times more calls each week from distressed Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, as the country prepares to vote on a landmark referendum on Saturday to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution.