Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will push for bipartisan support on a referendum that aims to set up an Indigenous consultative committee in parliament, when it meets on Monday for the first time this year.
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If passed, that would add language to its constitution – which cannot be amended without a referendum – to recognise Australia’s Indigenous citizens for the first time. “I believe very firmly that Australians should take the opportunity that they’ll have in the second half of this year to cast a vote for yes, to cast a vote to walk upon the path of reconciliation,” Albanese told reporters in Canberra.
“This should be above politics,” he said, adding he hoped to introduce the legislation in the current term of the parliament. Opposition is also forming among progressives. A Greens party senator quit the party and moved to the crossbench on Monday because of concerns about the Voice proposal.
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