Nyunngai Warren Mundine is a former politician and party president of the Australian Labor Party. IN 2013 he was was appointed chairman of the Coalition government's Indigenous Advisory Council by then-prime minister, Tony Abbott.
A member of the Bundjalung people, the traditional owners of much of coastal northern New South Wales, Warren was the ninth of eleven children of a family consisting of eight boys and three girls. Through his mother, he is also a descendant of the Gumbaynggirr, Yuin, and Irish peoples.[3] He is the cousin of boxer Tony Mundine and a second cousin of Anthony Mundine, the boxer and footballer.
In 1995, Mundine began his foray into politics as an independent candidate for the City of Dubbo council in central-west New South Wales. He was the first Aboriginal person to serve on the body,[6] and later became deputy mayor of Dubbo.
Warren has been in the news recently as one of several high profile Australians who are against The Voice, the proposed referendum to give Aboriginal Australians a voice to parliament.
In this episode of the podcast we discuss Warren's upbringing, work, political life and why he believes people should no the The Voice referendum which is being held between October and December this year.
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