Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has prepared the suggested wording for a referendum question to be put to Australians to vote on altering the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to parliament. 9News
Albanese, who is in Arnhem Land for the Garma cultural festival, will announce the proposed wording in a speech during his visit.
"I believe there is room in Australian hearts, for the Statement from the Heart," Albanese will say, according toThe wording of a referendum is taken incredibly seriously given the legal significance of such a vote. It is partly why referendums happen so infrequently in Australia."A simple principle. A question from the heart," he said.
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