Australians will decide the fate of a constitutionally enshrined Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament on October 14. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially set the date during a visit to Adelaide, sending the nation to the polls for the first referendum in more than two decades.
"For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this has been a marathon," he said.
"For all of us, it is now a sprint and across the finish line is a more unified, more reconciled Australia, with greater opportunities for all."
The proposed Voice would have the power to advise the parliament and federal government on matters that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
It will need both a majority of the national vote and a majority the states — a so-called double majority — supporting the referendum for the Voice to be enshrined in the constitution.
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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese officially set the date during a visit to Adelaide, sending the nation to the polls for the first referendum in more than two decades.
"For Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, this has been a marathon," he said.
"For all of us, it is now a sprint and across the finish line is a more unified, more reconciled Australia, with greater opportunities for all."
The proposed Voice would have the power to advise the parliament and federal government on matters that affect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
It will need both a majority of the national vote and a majority the states — a so-called double majority — supporting the referendum for the Voice to be enshrined in the constitution.
ABC News provides around the clock coverage of news events as they break in Australia and abroad, including the latest coronavirus pandemic updates. It's news when you want it, from Australia's most trusted news organisation.
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