Uluru statement campaigners welcome Albanese’s referendum commitment

Campaign director Dean Parkin says the prime minister flagging set referendum question brings level of clarity'

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Key players in the Uluru Statement from the Heart campaign have welcomed the PM's commitment to a referendum question on an Indigenous voice to parliament and a form of words in the constitution, saying the proposal is almost identical to the wording they had put forward in 2018.

The From the Heart campaign director, Dean Parkin, said the announcement is a very promising step forward in a long campaign for change.