The federal Indigenous Affairs minister will meet with her state and territory counterparts in Canberra for the first time since the Prime Minister announced a proposed referendum question at the Garma festival.
The federal government is expected to outline its plans for implementing the Uluru Statement from the Heart during a meeting with the state and territory Indigenous Affairs ministers today.Federal, state and territory ministers for Indigenous affairs will meet today in Canberra
Support from the state and territory governments will be key if the government hopes to get a majority yes vote from the Australian public on changing the constitution to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. "We want to hear what people's views are and then we'll make an informed judgement based on those views."
"There may be those discussions, but the federal government doesn't have any timeline in mind at the moment, going down the track, obviously, we'll think about those things," Ms Burney said.