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All states vote ‘no’ to the Voice, except ACT

The indigenous Voice referendum has failed with a solid ‘no’ vote in most states. (Con Chronis/AAP PHOTOS)

By Paul Osborne in Canberra

More than half of Australians have rejected a referendum to enshrine an indigenous Voice in the constitution.

At 10pm AEDT on Saturday, the national tally stood at 59 per cent for the ‘no’ vote and 41 per cent for ‘yes’.

All states and territories except the ACT cast a majority ‘no’ vote.

Queensland voters were resoundingly against the constitutional change, with the ‘no’ case securing over 67 per cent.

In the national capital, 63 per cent voted ‘yes’ and 37 per cent voted ‘no’.

The ‘no’ vote in NSW was sitting on 58 per cent, while 54 per cent of Victorian voters rejected the referendum question.

The SA ‘no’ vote was 64 per cent, while 59 per cent of Tasmanians voted against the constitutional change.

Only 36 per cent of Northern Territorians voted ‘yes’.

Early votes in the Voice referendum showed the ‘no’ case was ahead in four states.

WA was on track to record a ‘no’ vote of 60 per cent.

Across all 151 electorates in the House of Representatives, 113 recorded a majority ‘no’ vote.

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2 Responses to All states vote ‘no’ to the Voice, except ACT

johnny says: 15 October 2023 at 4:25 pm

Just to remove any doubt of there being a Canberra bubble our vote shows exactly how removed from the rest of Australia’s reality we really are. Onya Canberra.

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Ictoria says: 16 October 2023 at 2:54 am

Not every Canberran voted “Yes”. We are not all public servants living in this so called “bubble”
However, it’s not surprising that Canberra recorded a YES vote. Look who we have had in the ACT Government for far too long. People have blindly voted them in for years! Was it a case of sycophants casting their Yes votes?
The Prime Minister should now fall on his sword and resign. He is obviously so out of touch with the majority of Australians and is probably now an embarrassment to the Labour Party.
Perhaps now we can do something practical to assist Indigenous Australians instead of being asked to support a change in the Constitution, that failed due to Albanese’s refusal to give us all the finer details. What was his fear of doing just that, I wonder?

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