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ABC News
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political reporter Dana Morse

Indigenous people to be explicitly recognised as 'First Peoples of Australia' in proposed constitutional change

A fourth sentence explicitly recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the traditional owners of Australia could be added to the constitution if a referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament succeeds.

During his speech at the Garma Festival last year, the prime minister said he was proposing three sentences be added to the constitution "in recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders as the First Peoples of Australia".

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