(Bloomberg) -- Australia has voted overwhelmingly against including First Nations people in the country’s constitution, rejecting a proposal to set up an Indigenous advisory body to Parliament. The ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Advocates for constitutional change in Australia said they were devastated on Saturday by the defeat of a referendum that would have created an advocacy committee to offer ...

STORY: Australia on Saturday (October 14) decisively rejected a proposal to recognize Indigenous people in the constitution in a major setback to the country's efforts for reconciliation with its ...

Yes, it happened in this year of 2023, seventy-five years after the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. A referendum, which should never have been ...

Indigenous activist Susanne Levy stands near a sign that opposes the referendum as Australians cast their final votes in Canberra, Saturday, Oct. 14, 2023, in their first referendum in a generation ...

CANBERRA, AustraliaCANBERRA, Australia — Australians resoundingly rejected on Saturday a referendum proposal to create an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect ...