Rudd re-states his support for the proposed constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has used his visit to the Northern Territory to re-state his support for the proposed constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians.

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But in doing so, he's been accused of playing politics, by calling for opposition backing for an issue that already had bipartisan support.

Mr Rudd was in the Territory to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the historic Yirrkala Bark Petitions which were sent from Arnhem Land's Yolgnu people to the federal government in 1963.