Australia's failed referendum on the Indigenous Voice has set back the government’s plans to cut the nation's constitutional ties to Britain’s King Charles III.
The then shadow assistant Minister For Treasury Matt Thistlethwaite addresses media during a press conference in Sydney, Feb. 6, 2019. A failed referendum on Indigenous rights had set back the government's plans to cut Australia's constitutional ties to Britain's King Charles III, the now Assistant Minister for the Republic Thistlethwaite, said Thursday, Oct. 19, 2023.
Queen Elizabeth II’s death last year at the age of 96 was widely seen as increasing Australians’ mood for constitutional change to a republic. In Queensland where opposition to the Voice was strongest, the state opposition party on Wednesday reneged on a commitment to support negotiating a treaty between the state and Indigenous residents.
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