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Maeve Bannister

Republic referendum second-term priority

Matt Thistlethwaite (l) is sworn-in to his new government role by Governor-General David Hurley. (AAP)

Australians will be offered a vote on becoming a republic if Labor is re-elected for a second term.

The first priority for the government will be a referendum for constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians, the new assistant minister for the republic says.

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