Australia rejects the inclusion of indigenous representatives in Parliament

Australia rejects, in a referendum, the inclusion of indigenous representatives in Parliament. teleSUR

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00:00 In Australia, voters have said no to a proposal by the Prime Minister to give First Nations

00:04 people a voice in Parliament.

00:06 On Saturday, Australia held a referendum on the initiative, which foresaw the creation

00:10 of a body dubbed the Voice, whose elected members would be from Indigenous communities,

00:15 to provide independent advice to the Executive and to Parliament on issues relating to First

00:20 Nations people.

00:22 Prime Minister Anthony Albanese regretted the results and said this is not the end of

00:25 the road and certainly not the end of his administration's efforts to bring people

00:29 together as he had promised on his electoral campaign.

00:33 The no got 58.4% of the votes, whereas 42% of the people voted yes.

00:45 Supporters of Australia's Indigenous rights referendum react after the vote for the bid

00:49 to recognise Australia's First Nations peoples failed.

00:54 This feels pretty awful because I think it's a reflection of who we are as a country really.

01:01 But I am very, very disappointed.

01:03 I'm very sad and I'm tired.

01:06 So tomorrow will be another day and we fight on.

01:12 I'm an optimist.

01:14 Regardless of the result, Aboriginal people have been here for 60,000 years and we will

01:20 continue to be here and nothing changes for us.

01:25 And it's just, like I said to the gentleman over there, visceral voters will vote no because

01:33 they fear change.

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