The call for an Indigenous body to represent Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders in Parliament was a key recommendation of the Uluru statement delivered in May.
Calls for an Indigenous voice in parliament during NT's Garma Festival
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has refused to give a firm commitment to the call for an Indigenous body in Parliament, warning that Australians are "constitutionally conservative". Image: Labor leader Bill Shorten (centre) at Garma Festival flanked by Senator Malarndirri McCarthy (left), Warren Snowdon, Senator Pat Dodson (2nd right) and Deputy NT Labor leader Lynne Walker. AAP.
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