Polls suggest Australia Indigenous Voice referendum will fail

Australia’s referendum on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament looks like it could end in failure after the latest opinion polls showed a further decline in support for the measure just a month before the vote.

The so-called Voice would give Indigenous Australians – whose ancestors have lived on the continent for about 60,000 years – a constitutionally enshrined right to be consulted on laws that affect their communities. They would also be recognised in the constitution for the first time.