Referendum Planned but Not for Republic

Indigenous Affairs Minister, Jenny Macklin, announces that the next Labor Government would hold a referendum to introduce constitutional recognition of our First Peoples.  To do this, the Government will seek bipartisan support from the Opposition. No timing for the vote was announced but this would be a good time to also run a plebiscite on the Republic.  WfaAR noted that this statement was accompanied by the now well-worn and often repeated ALP warning that if this change is to be made to the Constitution, “it needs to have very broad community support” to quote Minister Macklin.