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Australia's Senate votes for holding referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament within 6 months

Australia's Senate votes for holding referendum on Indigenous Voice to Parliament within 6 months
June 19, 2023

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australia's Senate voted Monday to hold a referendum this year on creating an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, an advocate aiming to give the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority more say on government policy.

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