Polls Open In Australia’s Historic Indigenous Rights Referendum

Polling stations opened Saturday in Australia’s historic referendum on rights and recognition for Indigenous residents, capping a marketing campaign that has uncovered deep fissures between the nation’s white majority and the descendants of its first inhabitants.

Nearly 18 million Australians will forged ballots for or towards constitutional adjustments to recognise Indigenous peoples for the primary time and create an advisory physique — a so-called  “Voice” — to weigh legal guidelines that have an effect on these communities.

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