Despite surveys favouring the no campaign, yes backers remained hopeful as they battled for votes at polling booths on Saturday
Yes volunteer Anna at Marrickville public school in Sydney’s inner-west. Support for the voice is strong close to the city, but less so in the outer suburbs.Yes volunteer Anna at Marrickville public school in Sydney’s inner-west. Support for the voice is strong close to the city, but less so in the outer suburbs.
Yes campaigners were tipped to significantly outnumber voice opponents on polling booths – an advantage supporters have long hoped could propel them to victory. “With any election, with any referendum comes those conversations,” Anderson says. Ashfield has a high level of cultural diversity, with 22% of its population holding Chinese ancestry compared with the state average of 7.2%.“I love this country, there’s no division,” he says. “We don’t have a voice for our Asian population, we don’t have a voice for Caucasians ... we don’t need a voice for Aboriginal rights.
Peter Dutton is Australia’s figurehead of fear and fake news, like Trump but without charisma | Katharine Murphy on politics“But I’m still so proud to stand on this site in the heart of Redfern as an Aboriginal man.”
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