SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese voted on Saturday in a referendum to recognise the country's Indigenous people in the constitution, a week from a national polling day on the measure that is trailing in opinion surveys. Albanese's centre-left Labor government backs the change, while the opposition Liberal-National conservatives urge a vote of "No". Most Indigenous people favour the referendum, but some say it is a distraction from achieving practical and positive outcomes and would not fully resolve the issues affecting them. "I cast my vote today for Yes and I did so proudly in the knowledge that this is the request of Indigenous Australians," Albanese told reporters, according to a transcript. Marginalised by British colonial rulers and not mentioned in Australia's 122-year-old constitution, Indigenous Australians face disadvantages including discrimination, poor health and education outcomes and high incarceration rates.

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Persons: Anthony Albanese, Albanese, Nathan Albanese, " Albanese, Sam McKeith, William Mallard Organizations: SYDNEY, Australia's, Labor, Liberal, Aboriginal, Torres Strait Locations: Albanese's, Sydney, Marrickville, Australia's, New South Wales, Australia