The country has no treaty with its Indigenous people and they are not mentioned in the constitution, despite inhabiting the land for 60,000 years.
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks at the Yes campaign launch in Adelaide, Australia. Australia’s prime minister has announced the date for a landmark referendum that would change the country’s constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and create an advisory body for them.
However no referendum has ever passed without bipartisan support and the major parties remain divided over the Voice.“The idea for a voice came from the people and it will be decided by the people. Today I announce that referendum day will be 14 October. The proposal was recommended in 2017 in the Uluru Statement from the Heart, which calls for a First Nations Voice enshrined in the Constitution.
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