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Australians are casting their final votes in the country's first referendum in a generation, deciding whether to tackle Indigenous disadvantages by enshrining in the constitution a new advocacy committee

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Indigenous people’s 60,000 years of connection to their country should be recognised, leaders say.

Australians cast their votes in a landmark referendum to decide on a Constitutional change: the establishment of an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament. The Voice would be an advisory body, composed of Indigenous Australians, to guide the Parliament and executive government on matters concerning Indigenous peoples. Supporters…

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Australians have roundly rejected greater rights for indigenous citizens, scuppering plans to amend the country's 122-year-old constitution after a divisive and racially-tinged referendum campaign.

Australians will on Saturday vote whether to recognise First Nations peoples in the country's constitution for the first time. But the lead-up to the referendum has triggered a torrent of racist abuse, with toxic debate spreading online and in the media.

Opinion polls indicate that Australians are expected to vote ‘no’ in a key referendum on Indigenous rights and representation, despite a last-ditch appeal from the prime minister. Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports

Opposing campaigners have made their final pitches over changing the Australia’s constitution to acknowledge a place for Indigenous Australians on the eve of the nation’s first referendum in a generation