Julian Leeser, the opposition spokesman for Indigenous affairs, will travel with Anthony Albanese as momentum grows on constitutional recognition.
will lead a bipartisan delegation of MPs to this weekend’s Garma Festival in the Northern Territory, as momentum builds towards a referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament., the Liberal MP for Berowra, would attend the cultural festival in north-east Arnhem Land with government ministers. It is the latest signal the Coalition could support constitutional recognition at the looming referendum.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is waiting to see Labor’s proposal for a referendum, but his move to appoint Mr Leeser was welcomed by the government as a positive step. Mr Leeser is an outspoken supporter of constitutional recognition and the Uluru Statement.“The Uluru statement is a gracious, generous hand being extended to non-Indigenous Australians and I believe we should seize the opportunity and grasp it,” he told question time.
“It will be one of those moments, just like the Apology was, when after it happened everyone will wonder why we didn’t do it beforehand, and everyone will be lifted up, the entire nation,” he said. told the federal government a referendum vote on May 27, 2023 – the 56th anniversary of the landmark 1967 referendum on Indigenous recognition – was a feasible option for a national vote.Ms Burney, a Wiradjuri woman, said history was made when Indigenous MP Marion Scrymgour asked her a question in the House of Representatives on Thursday. Ms Scrymgour has cultural links to the Tiwi Islands and Central Australia.
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