Australia debates Indigenous referendum as pamphlets launched

FILE PHOTO: A depiction of the Australian Aboriginal Flag is seen on a window sill at the home of indigenous Muruwari elder Rita Wright, a member of the "Stolen Generations", in Sydney, Australia, January 19, 2021. REUTERS/Loren Elliott

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Parties on both sides of a debate on whether to constitutionally recognise Australia's Indigenous people released their official pamphlets on Tuesday, which will start being delivered to letterboxes across the country.

Australians will be asked to vote in a referendum later this year on whether they support altering the constitution to include a "Voice to Parliament", an Indigenous committee that can advise the parliament on matters affecting Australia's Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.