Australian referendum

[Restinggoddess]

The referendum to give First Nation people greater constitutional rights has been denied in Australia

Would be interested to hear from any Australians, in particular, as to why this is the result

What is the reason for this result?
How do we think Australia will be viewed by the rest of the world? ( none of us are perfect but this result doesn’t make sense)

There's a long running thread on this on Aussie Mumsnetters board OP, plus a couple of new shorter ones.
Not an Aussie but I must say I'm sad and also shocked, I thought it would win.
There's much of the insight into the result that you're looking for on the thread.

Thank you - I didn’t know there was an Aussie Mumsnet board ( not sure why I didn’t think of looking for it)