The weekend’s referendum has highlighted a growing problem for Labor and Liberal MPs across Victoria.
For the most part, state MPs steered clear of the Voice to parliament debate, and none more so than those whose positions were at odds with the people they represent. As it turns out, that was quite a lot of them.
While Allan’s public position remains unchanged, there is no doubt the Voice result will affect her government’s response to the 46 recommendations. While the proposition was overwhelmingly rejected by Australians – and Victorians – constitutional change was incredibly popular among voters in Pesutto’s inner-city seat of Hawthorn, despiteAt a polling booth just a few blocks away from his house, 61 per cent of voters cast Yes ballots. In fact, Yes votes were in the majority across all 15 polling booths in Pesutto’s electorate.
What’s more, this result marked a broader trend for Labor, notably among its former base suburbs in Melbourne’s outer north and west that cannot be dismissed. Those still writing off these results as some sort of political anomaly were brought back down to earth on the weekend. At Greenvale Secondary College, 70 per cent of voters rejected Labor’s referendum pitch. At Mill Park Heights Primary School, 62 per cent of voters also said No.
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