Voting has begun on Bathurst Island, but the community is grappling with Sorry Business

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Polling began on Tuesday at Wurrumiyanga Aboriginal community however, they're grieving the loss of a young man.

WARNING: This story contains distressing elements, including references to suicide.

Marilyn Kerinaiua poses for a photo after voting in the referendum in Wurrumiyanga on Bathurst Island, Northern Territory.Down the dirt road at the sports and recreation hall, a makeshift voting centre set up for the referendum is eerily quiet."If we want to talk about change and resources being put back in the community, well this is it," he said.

Electoral officer Mavis Kerinaiua has spent days translating voting information to local languages in an attempt to get friends and family enrolled and voting.

 

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