Dancers from East Arnhem Land at the opening ceremony for the National Indigenous Constitutional Convention in Mutitjulu near Uluru in central Australia, May 23, 2017. Picture taken May 23, 2017. AAP/Lucy Hughes Jones/via REUTERS
MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Australia's aboriginal leaders delivered a report to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Friday recommending the indigenous population be recognised in the constitution as the country's first people, with a history dating back some 50,000 years.
The report also called for a representative body be set up to advise parliament on indigenous matters.
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