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Aus to look for ways to boost Indigenous voice
Updated On: 16 October, 2023 07:21 AM IST | Canberra | Agencies
“In terms of exactly what the precise steps forward are from here is a matter that we need to take some time to work on and I think people can understand that,” Marles said
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Statues of Indigenous Australians in front of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy outside the old Parliament House in Canberra. Pic/AP
Australia will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to create a new advocacy committee, the deputy prime minister said on Sunday.
Every state and mainland territory apart from Australian Capital Territory voted against a proposal to enshrine in the constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament to advocate on behalf of the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority.
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