Emotional PM reveals question Australians will be asked for constitutional change on Indigenous recognition

Legislation to be introduced to parliament next Thursday and sent to parliamentary committee for inquiry

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Australians will be asked to recognise the First Peoples of the nation in a referendum later this year, after the prime minister, Anthony Albanese, unveiled the final wording of the constitutional amendment and question.

In an emotional press conference, featuring personal reflections from Indigenous Australians minister, Linda Burney, and other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community leaders, Albanese wiped away tears as he implored voters and the Coalition opposition to back the referendum.

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