Breaking: Anthony Albanese has revealed the question Australians could vote on in a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice in the constitution | jamesmassola
, who have warned a Voice could divide Australia and demanded more detail about how it would operate.
“It recognises the centuries-old failure Paul Keating spoke of at Redfern, the failure to ask the most basic human question: how would I feel, if this were done to me?” Albanese will argue a constitutionally enshrined Voice will mean “will exist and endure outside of the ups and downs of election cycles and the weakness of short-term politics.”for the former government recommended a 24-member national Voice to parliament be created.
Shadow minister for Indigenous Australians Julian Leeser has travelled with the prime minister to the Garma festival for the speech and Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has left open the possibility of bipartisan support for a Voice.
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