Voice an Important New Chapter for Australia: Dreyfus

Voice an Important New Chapter for Australia: Dreyfus
This picture shows the Opera House illuminated in the colours of the Aboriginal flag in Sydney on Australia Day on Jan. 26, 2023. Robert Wallace/AFP via Getty Images
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The first formal step to holding a referendum has been taken, as the words to alter the Australian constitution to enshrine an Indigenous voice were presented to federal parliament.

Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus introduced the bill on Thursday, setting the wheels in motion for a referendum later this year.

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