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Polling showing nearly one in four people planning to vote for an independent candidate in the NT state election.

The Northern Territory's opposition will abstain from a motion expressing support for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, which the government has brought forward ahead of the upcoming Arafura by-election.

Australians will be asked to vote on whether the Constitution should be amended to include an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, one that cannot be removed by subsequent governments.

“Nobody would want their children in there,” Josie Crawshaw told a 150-strong Invasion Day protest outside the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre. Stephen W Enciso reports.