Listen to a 15-year-old’s schoolboy’s take on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament that has gone viral

A young Australian’s take on the ‘Indigenous Voice’ for Parliament has resurfaced on social media and gone viral – five years after it was posted.

Western Australian journalist Dylan Storer shared his footage appearing on Q+A in 2018 alongside a panel of high school students from across the country discussing issues affecting their communities.

“I come from a predominantly indigenous school,” he explained.

“We had eight weeks of tenure focused on the American civil rights movement, and in the last two weeks, we piled on the history of Australian Aboriginals.

“We have the opportunity to be a part – and to be a good part – and to know the cultures that have been in this place, on this land, for 65,000 years.

“It can be such a big part of our country and such a big part of our identity.”

The episode aired shortly after then-prime minister Scott Morrison appointed former prime minister Tony Abbott as the government’s special envoy for indigenous affairs.

“This top-down approach of the government coming in and saying (they’re) going to appoint, of all people, Tony Abbott … I think it’s really counter-intuitive,” Mr Storer said.

He believed that such education about Indigenous Australians could help address some of the country’s issues with racism.

“A lot of racism, a lot of hate, a lot of misunderstanding comes from a lack of education,” he said.

“Teaching Australians from a young age about Indigenous people can make Australia stronger,” Mr Storer said.

He made these comments shortly after drafting the Uluru Declaration of the Heart. This statement was created through extensive consultation and agreement by 250 indigenous representatives across the country.

“When you have things like the Uluru Declaration coming forward and saying, ‘We want to be the voice of our own destiny’ and the government turns around and gives the people Tony Abbott, that’s really counter-intuitive, I believe,” Mr Storer said.

(The underlying issues) all really relate to how Australia was settled, colonized, conquered. This has really progressed in modern times.’

His comments drew a massive round of applause from the audience.

“Just remind me how old you are?” Surprised host Tony Jones asked the teenager.

At the time, Dylan quickly started trending on Twitter as viewers called for him to be the next prime minister.

Dylan, now 20, shared resurfaced footage from 2018 as he urged Aussies to vote Yes on Saturday.

“I hate to rehash these things but people have been talking about this for centuries (and for hundreds of years before I was born),” the UN Youth WA president tweeted.

“When I was 15 years old, I explained why I support the Voice, I will vote for it on Saturday. Join me in building a better future for this country. Vote Yes.’

Mr Storer was inundated with supportive comments.

“A big credit to yourself, your family and your country Dylan. I wish you well,” tweeted former independent MP Tony Windsor.

Polls show the ‘no’ campaign is on course for victory, with a successful vote claiming a majority of votes in most states.

The latest Newspoll showed 58 per cent of voters backed ‘no’ while 34 per cent backed the vote.

A Resolve poll showed a slight increase in the ‘yes’ vote in the past month, but still behind overall.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese visited Uluru on Tuesday in a nationwide drive to advocate for the vote to be included in the constitution in Saturday’s referendum.

Mr. Albanese noted that members of the Central Earth Council were unanimous in supporting the vote, which was a recommendation of the Uluru Declaration from the Heart.

“There is a sense of history as we approach Saturday, just a few days to go now, and I sincerely hope that Australians take this opportunity to vote yes,” he told Sky News on Tuesday.

“It is a pivotal moment in the country’s history and I hope Australians will take the opportunity to make this request.

“There are only positives, there are no negatives.”