Australians have rejected recognising Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the nation's first people in the constitution through the establishment of a Voice to Parliament advisory body.
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    The ABC has projected the referendum will fail to meet the double majority needed for it to pass.

    The Voice to Parliament would have been an advisory body with no power of veto but permanently enshrined in the constitution, meaning a future government of the day could not abolish it without holding another referendum.

    The Voice was first proposed after hundreds of Indigenous Australians, who took part in the Uluru Dialogues, issued the Statement from the Heart six years ago.

    Independent senator Lidia Thorpe, a leading No campaigner, said she was not surprised by the referendum outcome.

    Yes campaigner Tanya Hosch, from Yes23, said the outcome meant Australia was left with the status quo, in which Indigenous Australians faced “unacceptable” levels of disadvantage.

    “Tomorrow, we’ve got to reach out to the Yes campaign, the Australians that didn’t vote for us, and get to work on the problems we face.”

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