Australian Prime Anthony Albanese says he expects public support for creating a so-called Indigenous Voice to Parliament will grow after he focuses the nation’s minds on the issue by setting a date for Australia’s first referendum in a generation.
“I think people will begin to focus more. I expect that many Australians won’t focus until the last few weeks,” Albanese told reporters. “A majority of Australians will come to an answer that there’s nothing to lose here, only upside.”
Proponents hope the Voice will improve living standards for Indigenous Australians, who account for 3.8% of Australia’s population and are the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic group.If the referendum is passed, it would be Australia’s first since 1977 and the first ever to pass without bipartisan support.
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