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Reports of Islamophobic incidents in Australia rise – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Australia’s Indigenous leaders call for week of ‘silence and reflection’ after referendum defeat

‘The only thing we ask is that each and every Australian who voted in this election reflect hard’

The Independent UK

View from The Hill: There is a way forward to tackle Indigenous disadvantage after referendum defeat

Amid the bitter blame game following the rout of the government’s Voice referendum, there’s mostly agreement on one point. Australia must address more effectively the appalling disadvantage suffered by many of its Indigenous citizens.

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Indigenous Australians call for ‘week of silence’ after referendum failure

Mourning, calls for truth-telling after Australians vote no to giving Indigenous people more political representation.

Al Jazeera

Australia looks for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after referendum loss

Australia’s Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles says his government will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to create a new advocacy committee

The Independent UK

‘Crushing Indigenous hopes’: how the media reacted to voice referendum loss

Newspapers and broadcasters abroad and in Australia reflect on the defeat and ask what happens next

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous campaigners accuse government of ‘flippant’ response to no vote ahead of ‘week of silence’

Request for Australians to reflect on ‘the role of racism and prejudice’ in the referendum result

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Explainer: Australia has voted against an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Here’s what happened

A majority of Australian voters have rejected the proposal to establish an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament, with the final results likely to be about 40% voting “yes” and 60% voting “no”.

The Conversation

Labor seeks to move on from voice referendum

Federal parliament returns on Monday for the first time in four weeks, as the government seeks to reset the agenda following the voice referendum.

AAP

Australia rejects constitutional reform to recognise Indigenous people

The proposal did not garner enough votes among the country’s six states, nor an overall majority with its population.

Al Jazeera

Australians vote no in historic indigenous referendum

Australians have resoundingly rejected a referendum proposal to create an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect indigenous people.

Evening Standard

Australian referendum to create indigenous advocacy committee fails

Australians have resoundingly rejected a referendum proposal to create an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect…

The National (Scotland)

View from The Hill: Anthony Albanese promises to continue to 'advance reconciliation' despite sweeping defeat of referendum

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has pledged to continue to battle Indigenous disadvantage and promote reconciliation, in the wake of the sweeping defeat of his referendum to put a Voice in the Constitution.

The Conversation

From ‘gut-wrenching’ to ‘respect’: how prominent Australians reacted to the voice referendum result

Linda Burney calls on Australia to keep listening to First Nations people, while Warren Mundine says result is ‘not a celebration’

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The Guardian - AU

Albanese wanted to end two centuries of silence, but we said no – and failed our First Nations people

The prime minister thought that with the voice he could bend the country towards progress without breaking it. Peter Dutton made sure he couldn’t

AAP

Referendum rejection not the end for reconciliation: PM

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has urged the nation to come together following a lost referendum for a constitutional Indigenous voice.

AAP

PM Albanese vows to address Indigenous reconciliation

Anthony Albanese has responded to the Indigenous voice referendum loss with a speech to the nation pledging progress on wellbeing and reconciliation.

The Guardian - AU

Rejecting the voice shows Australia is still in denial, its history of forgetting a festering wrong

The referendum became by proxy a vote on Indigenous peoples’ right to exist in our own land. Imagine – just try – how that feels today

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Leaders' seats largely vote with their MP in referendum

Anthony Albanese's electorate has voted overwhelmingly in favour of an Indigenous voice while Opposition Leader Peter Dutton's constituents turned it down.

The Independent UK

Australia rejects historic referendum to recognise Indigenous people in constitution

Advocates for constitutional change have conceded defeat in the referendum

The Guardian - AU

Australia rejects proposal to recognise Aboriginal people in constitution

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

The Independent UK

Australians cast final votes in a referendum on whether to create an Indigenous Voice

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

The Hindu

Australia heads to ballot to decide on Indigenous Voice to Parliament

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…

Radio France Internationale

Australians vote no in historic referendum on expanding indigenous rights

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.

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton is Australia’s figurehead of fear and fake news, like Trump but without charisma

From geopolitics to the voice the Liberal leader is a political fabulist, dishing up provocations to get voters’ attention and using a deadly crisis to monster foesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast

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