With a new Parliament to be sworn in soon, it's a momentous time for Indigenous Australians, who are now represented by more MPs and Senators than ever before. 
Added to that, the prime minister Anthony Albanese is promising to deliver on the Uluru Statement from the Heart, after five years of delay under the Coalition. 
That will require a referendum, the first Australians would face since the Republican vote in 1999. 
Today, the ABC's Indigenous Affairs editor, Bridget Brennan, on what could be a difficult path ahead.
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Bridget Brennan, ABC Indigenous Affairs editor