“A Yes vote will in itself, I think, lift up Indigenous people, will say to them that they are respected,” Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said in an exclusive interview with the Please Explain podcast. Read more here:
The PM assured voters he would seek a consensus in parliament on the law to set up the Voice if the proposal gained approval at the referendum.
Albanese also recognised the challenge of tackling tax reform and named education as a key ambition if the government secured a second term.Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has insisted the Indigenous Voice must be written into the Constitution to ensure Australia improves on earlier attempts to close the gap on disadvantage.podcast, Albanese said the Voice could be a unifying change as he hinted at the potential for future tax reform and named education as a key policy for a second-term agenda.
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