Polls will soon open in Australia's first referendum of the 21st century.
will be open between 8am and 6pm across the country, although over five million people – including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and leading No campaigner Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – have already cast their ballots.
Speaking yesterday, Albanese urged Australians to embrace what he described as a once-in-a-generation opportunity to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. "It's divisive. It's permanent once it goes into the Constitution and I just don't think, in their millions, Australians will support it." But due to counting processes and postal votes taking far longer to be tallied, the AEC won't make an official declaration on the result for up to 14 days.
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