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Australian national broadcaster ABC has projected three states voted No, effectively defeating the referendum.

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[–] Kushia@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I don't see how. We've already officially said sorry as a nation and have strong native title rights and laws were indigionous people can claim their ancestral lands, own them and live on them as traditional as they would like to.

Indigenous communities are still alive and well in many parts of Australia and can freely make the choice to assimilate with western culture or not. Australia is a huge and sparsely populated place that does not force this on indigionous people at all.

At some point the indigenous community needs to stop considering themselves victims and focus on the future of their people and culture. What is generally amusing is that it tends to be inner city privileged indigenous people who tend to make the most noise about this.