Sky News Darwin Bureau Chief Matt Cunningham says there was a “huge welcome” for Prime Minister Anthony Albanese at the Garma Festival in north-east Arnhem Land.
In Mr Albanese’s speech today he will outline the details of the government’s Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum question.
“It’s going to be a very simple question put to the Australian people – ‘Do you support an alteration to the constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?’,” Mr Cunningham said.
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