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After a bitterly fought campaign, Australians have voted against an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament by a clear majority.

Australians resoundingly rejected on Saturday a referendum proposal to create an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect Indigenous people — the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority.

Health Minister Mark Butler said the lack of bipartisan support for the Voice to Parliament made it "very difficult" to win the referendum, but that the government was still committed to improving outcomes for Indigenous Australians.

Greens leader Adam Bandt said the commission would support local truth-telling processes and limit misinfo...

In the end, the “yes” case failed to answer two basic questions: what was the problem to be solved, and how would the Voice help solve it?

Upbeat polls and big-name endorsements greeted Australia's referendum campaign for Indigenous reconciliation when it kicked off in earnest just seven months ago, raising hopes for a historic change to the constitution. But by the time votes were counted this weekend in the country's first referendum in nearly 25 years, the proposal for a permanent but non-voting "Indigenous Voice" in parliament had been dragged to a resounding defeat, dead by a thousand political cuts. The ...

Saturday's thumping rejection of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament has raised questions about Labor's willingness to pursue referendums in the future.

Australian indigenous leaders have called for a ‘week of silence’ after a referendum to recognise the country’s First Peoples was defeated.

Fallout from the failed referendum; mortgage ‘cliff’ myth; Middle East conflict and Jesus’ teachings; Joe Aston’s best quips; Cheng Lei and Julian Assange.

Between four and six of the teal seats votes Yes, but the Liberals say Labor’s wipeout is of greater significance.