‘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

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Australia has overwhelmingly voted no to recognising Indigenous people in its constitution and enshrining a First Nations voice to parliament on matters that affect them.

It is a brutal end to a proposal put forward by Indigenous leaders to address entrenched disadvantage in their communities and heal the wounds of colonisation.