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Last weekend, as news channels and social media were inundated with tragic reports out of Gaza, Australia’s electorate voted down a key referendum of vital concern to Indigenous Peoples the world over. The referendum would have created a national advisory board to counsel parliament on Indigenous issues, but 60 percent of the Australian electorate rejected what could have been an important advancement for Indigenous representation at the highest levels of government. The board was proposed to include Indigenous representatives from Australia’s six states and two terri...

The rejection of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament is likely to lead to an irreversible shift in the nation’s relationship with its first peoples.

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SYDNEY (Reuters) -Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made a last-ditch appeal on Saturday for his fellow Australians to back a referendum to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution, as the country went to the polls to decide on the historic measure. "I sincerely hope that Australians, when they walk into that ballot box today, vote 'Yes'," Albanese said in Sydney, according to a transcript. Australians must write "Yes" or "No" on the ballot to the question whether they agree to alter the 12

STRINGERAustralians have overwhelmingly rejected a proposal to recognize Aboriginal people in the country’s constitution and create a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues. Saturday’s ‘Voice to Parliament’ referendum failed with AP reporting that more than 59 percent of voters opposed the move with almost half the votes counted. The loss is unofficial but is not contested. The yes campaign needed to secure both a majority of the national vote, as well as majorities in four of Australia’