Referendum on Indigenous Recognition in the Constitution?

Noel Pearson's call for Aborigines to vote first on whether a referendum on indigenous recognition in the Constitution has gotten support from Aboriginal leader Marcia Langton. She has stated it should go ahead but that Aborigines should determine the model to be put forward according to a recent article from the Australian.

Professor Langton, who is on the panel to work towards the formal recognition of indigenous people in the Constitution, with Mr Pearson, said giving Aborigines the first say would end disputes about what they preferred.

Professor Langton said there were three camps in indigenous Australia pushing three different viewpoints about the form of the referendum question.

One wanted a radical form of sovereignty, another wanted a conservative model that included mention of indigenous Australians only in the preamble and the third, her camp, believed in more fundamental change that removed the "race power" in the Constitution.

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