The failure of the “Voice to Parliament” referendum was widely expected but nevertheless comes as a blow to Aboriginal Australians, who have been marginalized since colonization.
A woman rides past the Australian flag, the Indigenous flag and the flag of the Torres Strait Islands, in Canberra, Australia, on Friday. SYDNEY — Australians voted against a constitutional amendment on Saturday that would have recognized the country’s Indigenous peoples and provided them with an advisory body, or “Voice,” to Parliament.
Referendums are difficult to pass Down Under, however. They require a so-called “double majority” — a majority of the nationwide vote and a majority within at least four of Australia’s six states. Indigenous people have lived in Australia for around 65,000 years but suffered greatly with the arrival of the British in 1788.
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