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Australians say No to the Voice
Australians have rejected an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Months of dire signs for the Yes camp translated into reality on Saturday, and early results suggest NSW and Tasmania have voted No.
Results in NSW mean the Yes camp cannot achieve the overall majority it needs to succeed.
The picture looks dire for the Yes camp in South Australia, too.
Queensland results are beginning to flow through now, and the state is also expected to Vote no.
Victoria remains too close to call.
To have passed, the referendum would have required an overall majority and a majority in at least four states.
Polls remain open in Western Australia until 9pm AEDT, though the state is also predicted to deliver a resounding No verdict. Even a shock in WA would not see the referendum succeed, given it would produce a 4-2 result.
The result means Australians have rejected 37 of 45 referendums, and the Voice - a body of Indigenous Australians advising government on issues particularly impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - will not be enshrined in the constitution.
- Finn McHugh
Months of dire signs for the Yes camp translated into reality on Saturday, and early results suggest NSW and Tasmania have voted No.
Results in NSW mean the Yes camp cannot achieve the overall majority it needs to succeed.
The picture looks dire for the Yes camp in South Australia, too.
Queensland results are beginning to flow through now, and the state is also expected to Vote no.
Victoria remains too close to call.
To have passed, the referendum would have required an overall majority and a majority in at least four states.
Polls remain open in Western Australia until 9pm AEDT, though the state is also predicted to deliver a resounding No verdict. Even a shock in WA would not see the referendum succeed, given it would produce a 4-2 result.
The result means Australians have rejected 37 of 45 referendums, and the Voice - a body of Indigenous Australians advising government on issues particularly impacting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people - will not be enshrined in the constitution.
- Finn McHugh
