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Grattan on Friday: Indigenous referendum timing likely to slip – again

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imageIndigenous leader Pat Dodson is expected to co-chair a Referendum Council together with lawyer Mark Leibler. AAP/Mick Tsikas

How many issues can be put to the Australian people for votes in a single year? This is a key question for the referendum to recognise First Australians in the Constitution that Tony Abbott wanted to have in 2017.

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