What's next for indigenous referendum?
WHAT'S NEXT FOR THE REFERENDUM?
* Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten have agreed Australia needs to recognise indigenous people in the constitution and have taken on board views of indigenous leaders at a summit in Sydney.
* There will be a parliamentary debate and a committee - chaired by Liberal MP Ken Wyatt with Labor senator Nova Peris as deputy - will draft a discussion paper.
* About 40 "community conferences" will be held from September to gather ideas about a possible question.
* A referendum council will look at the question, timing and constitutional issues, including a possible national convention in late 2016 or early 2017.
* The aim is for a referendum in May 2017, near the 50th anniversary of the 1967 change giving indigenous people the vote.
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