Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
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 last was of particular interest because bipartisan support is often considered necessary for an Australian referendum to pass, though it is not a formal requirement. [2] The extent of support for the Voice among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians was a key point of discussion.
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% ...
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians resoundingly rejected on Saturday a referendum proposal to create an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect Indigenous ...
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 ...
The 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum is defeated 4–12 October 2023 ... The following graphical summaries illustrate results from opinion polling for ...
Australia’s failed referendum on the Indigenous Voice has set back the government’s plans to cut the nation’s constitutional ties to Britain’s King Charles III, a minister said Thursday ...