I live in Australia so I heard a lot about it. Part of it was giving some aboriginal leaders an advisory board in parliament and the other part was a symbolic form of reconciliation. I don't think it would have been that bad if it passed. It was only ever supposed to be an advisory committee but other conservative commentators like to talk about how it might be a slippery slope into something worse (which could've been true).

I find the whole thing ironic that so many leftist who are proud "anti-racists" would support a race-based law going into the constitution. I find the cognitive dissonance somewhat disturbing.

Anyway, regardless of that I don't think its much of a victory at all for the white right. A lot of other immigrants were against it and they certainly have good reasons to be. It was basically a waste of money for a poorly thought out constitutional amendment. Not much of a victory or loss.