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Australians have resoundingly rejected a proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in its constitution and establish a body to advise parliament on Indigenous issues.

Saturday’s voice to parliament referendum failed, with the defeat clear shortly after polls closed.

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[–] snippet@aussie.zone 15 points 1 year ago (2 children)

There's a good breakdown on the whole thing here: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/13/what-is-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-australia-when-referendum-2023-explained-yes-no-campaign-wording

The recognition aspect was basically the creation of an advisory body to the government with members selected from indigenous groups. The idea being that the govt has historically poorly managed indigenous issues so by having them directly advising govt there should be better policy outcomes

[–] Edgelord_Of_Tomorrow@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In retrospect they really should have set it up first and let it run for a bit before they tried to put it in the constitution.

[–] LemmysMum@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah, but they didn't have time for that in this election cycle. Fuck I hate it when progressives play the conservative handbook, follow fuck ups become fuck ups.

Went for a slam dunk but didn't tie their laces.