Report on Indigenous voice to parliament recommends no change to Anthony Albanese’s original phrasing

Parliamentary committee sticks to party lines but Liberal senator Andrew Bragg wants further refinements, to ‘eliminate risk’

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The government is likely to propose no amendments to its constitutional alteration for the Indigenous voice, after a Labor-majority parliamentary committee probing the referendum recommended no changes to the wording put forward by prime minister Anthony Albanese.

But longtime voice supporter and Liberal senator Andrew Bragg urged the government to consider adding extra words to the amendment. He called the voice “a good and fair idea” but wanted further assurance of parliament’s power over the body.

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