Australia votes against creating an Indigenous panel to advise Parliament

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Advocates for constitutional change in Australia said they were devastated by the defeat of a referendum that would have created a committee to offer advice on policies that affect Indigenous people.

Indigenous women sit on a bench at a polling place in Sydney as Australians cast their final votes in the referendum to create an Indigenous advocacy committee to Parliament.Indigenous women sit on a bench at a polling place in Sydney as Australians cast their final votes in the referendum to create an Indigenous advocacy committee to Parliament.

The Voice needed majorities in each of at least four of the six states as well as a national majority for the referendum to pass.Voice advocate Tanya Hosch, who spent a decade on developing the model, told ABC:"On a personal level, I feel devastated." "We have seen a disgusting 'no' campaign. A campaign that has been dishonest, that has lied to the Australian people," Mayo said.

 

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