Voice to parliament referendum fails in defeat that Indigenous advocates will see as a blow to progress towards reconciliation

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.

  • @fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.eeEnglish
    22•1 year ago

    How grim.

    This is a victory for racists, and bad-faith actors, some some of which have received lots of money from China and Russia to help destabilise another Western country.

    • DojanEnglish
      42•1 year ago

      Honestly don’t know if that latter bit is true. We manage to be absolutely atrocious to the indigenous population without third parties meddling. I don’t think there’s a single native population that hasn’t been mistreated; had their culture and names taken away, sent for reeducation, eugenics, and so on, so forth.

      • @AngryCommieKender@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        Sudan Ethiopia and Thailand, IIRC. There’s one African nation, and one SEA nation that never got colonized.

        Edit: I didn’t remember correctly

      • @fruitleatherpostcard@lemm.eeEnglish
        1•1 year ago

        I agree but at the same time in this modern age of ‘social media’ I am certain that the people who said openly that they wanted to take down The West, are doing so.

    • maegul (he/they)English
      16•1 year ago

      Yea I wouldn’t go around underestimating Australia’s ability to fuck up its indigenous people without any conspiratorial help like that.

    • YⓄ乙 English
      -4•1 year ago

      Lol there’s no China and Russia. Baby boomers mostly britishers and racist as fuck in australia so by default their kids carry the same sentiment… Germans and Britishers are the worst people.