Most polls have closed in an Australian referendum that will set the tone of relations with the country’s First Nations people for decades to come. Counting was underway Saturday in several eastern ...

STORY: Australia on Saturday (October 14) decisively rejected a proposal to recognize Indigenous people in the constitution in a major setback to the country's efforts for reconciliation with its ...

CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Advocates for constitutional change in Australia said they were devastated on Saturday by the defeat of a referendum that would have created an advocacy committee to offer ...

A major vote is set to take place in the land down under. On Oct. 14, Australia will hold a nationwide referendum that would alter the Australian Constitution to ensure additional representation for ...

CANBERRA, AustraliaCANBERRA, Australia — Australians resoundingly rejected on Saturday a referendum proposal to create an advocacy committee to offer advice to Parliament on policies that affect ...