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Indigenous Voice: Australians reject historic Indigenous referendum - BBC News (bbc.in)

submitted 11 months ago by EdenRester@kbin.social to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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

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[–] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 11 months ago

I'd say apathy more than anything. So many people didn't bother to actually find out what was going to happen. Yes side messaged it poorly. No side preyed on low information, making it divisive and about non relevant semantics.