Some 61% of Australians rejected a referendum on whether to alter the constitution to recognize Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people
, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Tuesday, following the failure of a referendum to recognize them in the constitution.
Albanese said on Tuesday his government would find a new way to respond to the Uluru Statement from the Heart, a 2017 document crafted by Indigenous leaders that had proposed the Voice as part of a plan for reconciliation with wider Australia. “The Uluru Statement from the Heart was developed over decades. The expectation that the next step should be developed over days, is not respectful,” he said in parliament.Albanese made his remarks in a series of fiery exchanges with opposition members during parliamentary question time as they quizzed the government on whether it would change tack following the failed referendum.
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