Indigenous voice referendum should be sooner rather than later, Uluru statement co-chairs say

Pat Anderson and Prof Megan Davis urge Labor to not waste momentum and call on the media to rise to this occasion'

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The Uluru Statement from the Heart co-chair Pat Anderson has urged the federal government to not waste momentum" for the Indigenous voice to parliament, calling for a referendum on the constitutional change sooner rather than later.

Anderson said the national vote could occur in October 2023, the most recently proposed of many mooted dates, as she called for the nation's media to rise to this occasion" in reporting on Indigenous constitutional recognition.

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