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Australian voters have categorically rejected the Voice referendum, leaving profound questions about how to manage policies affecting Indigenous people.

Every state and mainland territory apart from Australian Capital Territory voted No in a referendum.

The widely shared aspiration to achieve constitutional recognition and establish an Indigenous body to help close the gap has been sacrificed on the altar of Albanese’s ambition and overreach.

South-west Sydney MP says ‘a lot of people felt disfranchised’ as Hunter MP Dan Repacholi says voters were ‘more keen to hear about cost of living’

Supporters of the Yes campaign are mourning the result of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum with the future for Indigenous Australian political advocacy unclear. Australians rejected the referendum outright with a No vote in every state and territory except the A-C-T.

Australian Indigenous leaders have called for a week of silence and reflection after a referendum to recognise the First Peoples in the constitution was decisively rejected by a majority of the population.

Factional bosses have assured Prime Minister Anthony Albanese his position is safe, despite Saturday’s historic Voice defeat.

The referendum loss may not halt the march of progressive politics, but it certainly provides pause for thought. 

The “he said/she said” reporting of yesteryear no longer serves a democratic purpose. Media must do better at calling out lies and misinformation.

'It was like having a referendum on how you think your marriage is going'