Simplicity of Question ‘Fundamental’ in Referendum for Indigenous Voice to Australian Parliament

Australian Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney attends the Garma Festival at Gulkula in East Arnhem, Australia on July 30, 2022. Photo by Tamati Smith/Getty Images

Australian Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney has stressed the importance of simplicity in terms of the question that Australians will face in a referendum on whether an indigenous voice to parliament should be enshrined in the constitution.

Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Commission on Monday, Burney said that as Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had made clear, keeping the question simple is “absolutely fundamental.”