Australia's Albanese set to announce date for Indigenous referendum


  • World
  • Wednesday, 30 Aug 2023

FILE PHOTO: A man displays a t-shirt with a message reading "Protect Aboriginal Heritage" during a protest by aboriginal groups against what they say is a lack of detail and consultation on new heritage protection laws, after the Rio Tinto mining group destroyed ancient rock shelters for an iron ore mine last year, in Perth, Australia August 19, 2021. Courtesy Gabrielle Timmins/Kimberley Land Council/Handout via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to announce on Wednesday the date for a landmark referendum to change the constitution to recognise Australia's Indigenous people, although support for the proposal is waning.

Australians will be asked to vote on whether they support altering the constitution to include a "Voice to Parliament", an Indigenous committee to advise federal parliament on matters affecting the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people.

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