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SYDNEY - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese voted on Saturday in a referendum to recognise the country's Indigenous people in the constitution, a week from a national polling day on the measure that is trailing in opinion surveys.
If the"Voice to Parliament" referendum is approved on Oct. 14, it would enshrine Indigenous people in the constitution and set up an advisory body to give Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people input on policies that affect them. The political opposition says the measure would not provide practical outcomes for Indigenous people and that regional and local committees in their communities could be more effective than a national body.
"I cast my vote today for Yes and I did so proudly in the knowledge that this is the request of Indigenous Australians," Albanese told reporters, according to a transcript.
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