Australia seeks new ways to boost Indigenous living standards after vote loss

In a referendum, Australians soundly rejected a proposal to create a new advocacy committee for Indigenous people (Rick Rycroft/AP)

Australia will look for new ways to lift Indigenous living standards after voters soundly rejected a proposal to create an advocacy committee, the deputy prime minister has said.

Every state and mainland territory apart from Australian Capital Territory voted against a proposal to enshrine in the constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament to advocate on behalf of the nation’s most disadvantaged ethnic minority.