Australia PM pushes for bipartisan support on Indigenous referendum


  • World
  • Monday, 06 Feb 2023

FILE PHOTO: Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese gives a press conference at the end of the ASEAN summit held in Phnom Penh, Cambodia November 13, 2022. REUTERS/Cindy Liu

SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will push for bipartisan support on a referendum that aims to set up an Indigenous consultative committee in parliament, when it meets on Monday for the first time this year.

The landmark referendum, to be held later this year, will establish an Indigenous "Voice", that can make representations to parliament on policies affecting them.

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