Last Updated: October 23, 2023, 12:14 IST
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers a statement on the outcome of the Voice Referendum at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia October 14, 2023. (Reuters)
Aboriginal Australian leaders break their vow of silence to condemn the rejection of a landmark Indigenous rights referendum, exposing simmering racial division
Aboriginal Australian leaders ended their vow of silence on Monday to denounce millions of their compatriots for rejecting a landmark push for Indigenous rights, saying that the referendum result would be “etched into Australia’s history forever”. Simmering racial divisions were exposed earlier this month when just over 60 percent of Australians voted against a referendum to acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders within the 1901 constitution.
In the wake of the result, many Indigenous leaders embarked on a “week of silence”, asking for time to grieve what they saw as a crushing rejection at the…
