Advocates for constitutional change in Australia said they were devastated by the defeat Saturday of a referendum that would have created an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect Indigenous people, the nation's most disadvantaged ethnic minority.
More than 59 per cent of voters opposed Voice to Parliament, with almost half the votes counted by Saturday. The loss is unofficial but is not contested. All six states voted against the plan.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese blamed his political opponents' campaigning against the measure for the failure. Critics say backers of the Voice were vague on details of the body, including how its members would be chosen and its powers. Opponents also called the plan racially divisive.
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