Anthony Albanese set to announce Australia’s first referendum in 20 years

Anthony Albanese set to announce the nation’s first referendum in 20 years at Indigenous festival as the draft question Australians could be asked is revealed

  • Referendum will be on enshrining a Voice for First Nations people in Constitution

Anthony Albanese is set to announce the country’s first referendum in 20 years, with Australians expected to be asked if they support enshrining a Voice for First Nations people in the Constitution.

The drafted question is: ‘Do you support an alteration to the constitution that establishes an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice?’

The Prime Minister will on Saturday unveil how the Constitution could be changed at the Garma Festival in the Northern Territory. 

The Federal Government will recommend three sentences be added to the Constitution with the first reading: ‘There shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.’

Anthony Albanese is set to announce the country’s first referendum in 20 years, with Australians expected to be asked if they support enshrining a Voice for First Nations people in the Constitution

Mr Albanese will tell Indigenous leaders, campaigners and advocates gathered at northeast Arnhem land about the ‘straightforward proposition’.

‘A simple principle,’ he will say. ‘A question from the heart.

‘Enshrining a Voice will be a national achievement. It will be above politics.’ 

More to come 

The three sentences the Federal Government want added to the Constitution 

 ‘There shall be a body, to be called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.

‘The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice may make representations to Parliament and the Executive Government on matters relating to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples.

‘The Parliament shall, subject to this Constitution, have power to make laws with respect to the composition, functions, powers and procedures of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.’

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