After months of consultation with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders PM Anthony Albanese has revealed the exact wording of the referendum question and proposed constitutional amendment which will be put to the Australian people when they vote in the referendum on a Voice to parliament.
The Prime Minister said the proposed change would ask for the constitution be amended to include a new chapter titled “Recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples”.
The Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians , Wiradjiri woman Linda Burney, told Parliament that a Voice “will hold bureaucracy to account and move Australia forward for everyone.”
” This is about all Australians and every single person will have a vote. The referendum is going to happen, and I understand that the Liberal Party room will make a decision next week, but at the end of the day, that’s their decision. What I do know is that the party that I’m part of, the government and First Nations people, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people across this country, want this to happen, to improve life outcomes and to also unify us as a nation.”
