Advocates of an Indigenous voice to Parliament are disappointed at the latest comments from the Minister for Indigenous Australians, Ken Wyatt, ruling out reform enshrined in the Constitution.
Delivering the annual Vincent Lingiari Memorial Lecture in Darwin last week, Mr Wyatt said although the Morrison government would put forward a referendum, the wording would not include a voice to federal parliament.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com