Labor must not betray Indigenous voters by delaying voice to parliament, Keating and Pearson say
by Lorena Allam from World news | The Guardian on (#5XWDT)
Former prime minister and Indigenous leader say that if the ALP wins government, it must hold a referendum in its first term
Paul Keating and Noel Pearson have said that if Labor wins government, it must not postpone a referendum on a voice to parliament, lest it repeat the mistakes of the past and betray its base of loyal Aboriginal voters.
In a wide-ranging conversation in Sydney on Wednesday, the Indigenous leader and the former prime minister discussed a voice to parliament, constitutional recognition and treaty-making.
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