Australians vote No in referendum that promised change for First Nations people but couldn’t deliver By Hilary Whiteman , CNN 5 minute read ...

Australia has set the date for its first referendum in 24 years as polls suggest the government is on course for failure unless it can reverse declining support.

Yes or No. That is the choice Australia faces as polls have opened in what is seen as a nation-defining referendum. A Yes vote will recognise Indigenous peoples in the country's constitution and ...

Yes or No won’t affect Australia’s standing on the world stage. ... Back in 1999, the public did vote no, and I don’t recall anyone internationally even raising it with me.

Some Yes campaigners have warned of a grave future for reconciliation efforts should the No vote prevail on Saturday night. Senator Liddle rejected that, arguing reconciliation could and would ...

A yes vote would help quash any lingering vestiges of the stereotype that Australia is a redneck nation. A no vote could be devastating, and seen as proof that the country is a racial rogue nation.

Geoffrey Robertson, an Australian-born human rights lawyer based in London, has suggested a No vote would see Australia tagged as racist and see it compared with China re-education camps.