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Calls for an Indigenous voice in parliament during NT's Garma Festival

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.

Labor leader Bill Shorten (centre) and Senator Pat Dodson (2nd right) at Garma Festival Source: AAP

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". 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.


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By Biwa Kwan, Zoran Subic

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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". 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.


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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