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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the wording for the promised referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. It will be Australia's first referendum since 1999 - and the first one anyone younger than 42 will have voted in.

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Published 24 March 2023 10:45am

By Claudia Farhart

Source: SBS News

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the wording for the promised referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. It will be Australia's first referendum since 1999 - and the first one anyone younger than 42 will have voted in.

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