Anthony Albanese acknowledged frontier massacres and said 'we need to be truthful' about the past, as Linda Burney shared her people's history. Via NITV
Ms Burney also addressed the upcoming referendum, saying it was an "important moment", and outlined the next steps on the road to referendum.
The first is assembling the Referendum Working Group and Engagement Group to provide advice and guidance on the key issues. The second, continuing to build broad support, and three, harnessing the “goodwill of the Australian people who want the promise of a better future”.“It’s been 23 years since Australia last held a referendum. 45 years since the last successful one,” she said.Ms Burney said the system for holding referendums set out in the"Essentially, it’s outdated and needs to be refreshed.