Counting began shortly after 6pm with rural booths, expected to oppose the Voice, the first to report results.
A tight referendum result in NSW was the most likely prospect as polls closed on Saturday, with the country’s biggest state expected to follow the rest of the nation in voting No to an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
However, the poll showed voters in outer suburbs were 54 per cent against the proposal and regional voters 63 per cent against the change. “This is your opportunity to put your shoulder to the wheel of history and give it a push,” she said. “If the referendum is lost, the government is responsible,” he said as polls closed on Saturday night. “Labor refused to compromise and to run a coherent and collaborative process. The centre ground needed to win a public vote was almost non-existent.“
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