Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Ken Wyatt, has revealed his plan for a referendum to create an Indigenous voice in parliament.
In light of Naidoc week and its theme this year of “voice, treaty and truth”, Mr Wyatt said he needs to be pragmatic as the first Indigenous Australian to hold the ministerial position.
The landmark ‘Uluru Statement from the Heart’ called for a “First Nations Voice” in the Australian constitution in 2017, a process the minister said people would need to be patient for, in order to get it right.