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Maeve Bannister and Andrew Brown

Historic day as voice referendum proposal presented

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney (front) says the voice bill is history in the making. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney is celebrating a historic step towards a referendum on a voice to parliament while calling out the "doubters and wreckers" holding the nation back.

The first formal step to holding a referendum has been taken, as the words to alter the Australian constitution to enshrine an Indigenous voice were presented to federal parliament on Thursday.

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