Australians look set to reject new provisions for Aboriginal people 

AUSTRALIANS WERE united when they last voted in a referendum on indigenous rights in 1967. Over 90% agreed to remove a clause in their constitution that had long excluded Aboriginal people from national population counts, sending a message “that we would be recognised and that we would be able to enjoy equality”, recalls Tom Calma, a Kungarakan elder from Darwin. Another referendum concerning Australia’s relationship with its first people will be held on October 14th. This one poses a more complicated question—and Australians seem unlikely to support it.