PM Anthony Albanese will signal his intention to put forward a proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in his speech at Garma Festival. Follow live.
After more than 200 years of waiting, Albanese puts forward a 'simple' propositionIt is difficult to articulate the level of collective frustration and anxiety that has built up in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australia as government after government has kicked the can down the road — talking big but delivering little to empower First Australians in the Constitution.
The last prime minister to come to the Garma Festival before Anthony Albanese's arrival this weekend was Malcolm Turnbull, who broke hearts when he described a Voice to Parliament as a so-called "third chamber". As a moderate Liberal prime minister, there was great hope that he would deliver.
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