Indigenous referendum delay welcomed as "wise" opportunity to get it right

By Fergus Hunter
Updated August 10 2016 - 4:13pm, first published 3:24pm
The Referendum Council is in the process of consulting with Indigenous communities around the country. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers
The Referendum Council is in the process of consulting with Indigenous communities around the country. Photo: Max Mason-Hubers

An extended timeframe for the referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution - a delay rendering a 2017 vote unlikely - has been embraced by the National Congress of Australia's First Peoples as acknowledgement that a "historical opportunity" should be approached in the right way and not rushed.

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