The announcement will be made in Adelaide next Wednesday, highlighting South Australia as a must win state for the Yes campaign.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the date for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum next Wednesday.The date favoured for the national vote to change the constitution is October 14.
In full, the question will be "A proposed law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. Do you approve this alteration?"The Voice would be an advisory body made up of Indigenous peopleParliament would not be obliged to follow its advice, and the body would not have the power to veto laws. Indigenous people would also be recognised as Australia's First Peoples in the constitution.
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