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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Josh Butler, Lorena Allam and Sarah Collard

Linda Burney insists ‘there is no division’ with Indigenous voice working group yet to finalise advice

Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and members of the voice working group, Friday, 17 March, 2023.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney and members of the voice working group, Friday, 17 March, 2023. Photograph: Matt Turner/AAP

Federal cabinet will have only a few days to consider crucial advice on the voice to parliament from the government’s internal group of Indigenous leaders, with one key member saying both sides may have to “compromise” on the wording of the referendum question and constitutional amendment.

The government’s commitment to introduce legislation for the constitutional amendment in the coming fortnight has been complicated by its referendum working group not yet finalising its advice on key details. But ahead of further meetings next week in Canberra, the Indigenous Australians minister, Linda Burney, rebuffed speculation about disagreement in the working group.

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