Three leading advocates for constitutional change in Australia have conceded defeat in a...
Australia — Three leading advocates for constitutional change in Australia conceded defeat on Saturday in a referendum that would have created an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Australian Broadcasting Corp.
’s earlier story follows below. Australia — Polling closed in all but one Australian state Saturday with the “no” vote dominating early counting in the country's first referendum in a generation, deciding whether to tackle Indigenous disadvantages by enshrining in the constitution a new advocacy committee. The proposal for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament bitterly divided Australia’s Indigenous minority as well as the wider community. The polls closed in a fifth state, Queensland, at 6 p.m. .
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