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Matt Dusk sings Sinatra in Halifax/PEI/Moncton | SaltWireSYDNEY - Australia is scheduled to hold a referendum on Oct. 14 to decide whether to create a constitutionally enshrined Indigenous advisory body to parliament, as requested by the country's Indigenous leaders in 2017.
The 'No' campaign, especially, involves groups and individuals from across the political spectrum, from those who say the advisory body would be too powerful to those who think it would not be powerful enough. Australia's Indigenous citizens, about 3.8% of the country's 26 million population, have inhabited the land for about 60,000 years but are not mentioned in the constitution and track below national averages on most socio-economic measures.*The Liberal-National Opposition: Australia's conservative-leading Liberal and National parties have a longstanding coalition and each have campaigned against the Voice on the grounds that it would divide the country by race.
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