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The 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum was held on 14 October 2023. [1] Voters were asked if they approved an alteration to the Australian Constitution that would recognise Indigenous Australians in the document through prescribing a body called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.
On 21 May 2022, the Australian Labor Party won government, with party leader Anthony Albanese becoming Prime Minister.During his victory speech, Albanese committed to holding a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in his government's first term of office, acting on the 2017 request of Indigenous leaders for such a body made with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
The Anthony Albanese led Labor government supported the Voice, [130] arguing in the official Yes referendum pamphlet that the Voice will recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution in the way they requested, improve government decision making through listening to advice on matters that affect Indigenous Australian lives, and make ...
An Australian referendum requires a majority vote in at least four of its six states, as well as nationally. Ultimately, no state supported the "Voice" and the national vote was 40% "Yes" to 60% ...
More than 59% of voters opposed the so-called Voice to Parliament with almost half the votes counted by Saturday. ... 16 or 17 months not to proceed with this divisive referendum and he owes the ...
Australians to reject Indigenous Voice in referendum - final YouGov poll. October 12, 2023 at 2:46 AM ... Australia's Indigenous citizens, about 3.8% of the country's 26 million population, have ...
After the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum in which over 60% of South Australians voted against the Voice, state Liberal leader David Speirs cast some doubt on the state voice. One Nation MP Sarah Game announced plans to introduce a bill calling for the First Nations Voice Act 2023 to be repealed. [6]
A record 17,676,347 people are enrolled to vote, an estimated 97.7% of the eligible population, the Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) said. Voting in elections and referendums is compulsory ...