A referendum to establish a permanent Indigenous Voice to Parliament is one of the Prime Minister's highest priorities. But the commitment for constitutional recognition is part one of a three-step process that begins with the referendum and goes on to include truth-telling and Treaty.
After months of speculation, we finally have a date for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum."On that day, every Australian will have a once-in-a-generation chance to bring our country together, and to change it for the better."
"The referendum will look very much like an election. There'll be the same sorts of things that we do from mobile polling, aged care facilities. There'll be the overseas vote, postal votes. The prepoll period will be a two-week period, except in remote areas where that will be a three-week period. We're already doing our planning for that.
For a referendum to succeed, it needs what's called a double majority: more than 50 percent overall and a majority in most states.This spokesperson for the A-E-C says the voting instructions also need to be followed to make your vote count. The main No camp says the voice would be risky and divisive, it'd be unknown, and because it will be enshrined in the constitution, it would be permanent.
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