Anthony Albanese vows to forge a new way forward to close the gap in life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, after voters resoundingly reject a Voice to Parliament.
Prime Minster Anthony Albanese has vowed to forge a new way forward to close the gap in life outcomes between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australians, after voters resoundingly rejected recognising the First Australians in the constitution with a Voice to Parliament.
The Voice to Parliament would have been an advisory body with no power of veto but permanently enshrined in the constitution, meaning a future government of the day could not abolish it without holding another referendum. She forecasted it would be at least two decades before Australians were "capable of putting their colonial hatred behind them and acknowledging that we exist", and accused No campaigners of "poisoning" Australians against the Voice."We have seen a disgusting No campaign. A campaign that has been dishonest, that has lied to the Australian people, and I'm sure that will come out in the analysis," he said.
The results offered echoes of the 1999 republic referendum, when the ACT was the only jurisdiction to vote Yes. Like 24 years ago, more affluent electorates were the most likely to vote Yes.
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