Indigenous referendum back on track for next year

By Michael Gordon
Updated May 10 2016 - 10:13pm, first published 9:10pm
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull on Tuesday. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull shakes hands with Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt after he tabled the Closing the Gap statement earlier this year. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull shakes hands with Indigenous MP Ken Wyatt after he tabled the Closing the Gap statement earlier this year. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull embraces senator Nova Peris after delivering the Close the Gap report earlier this year. Photo: Andrew Meares
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull embraces senator Nova Peris after delivering the Close the Gap report earlier this year. Photo: Andrew Meares

Constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians is back on track for 2017, after the Referendum Council mapped out a plan to give all Australians a voice in shaping the question in coming months.

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