Peter Dutton and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price have hailed a crushing victory in the referendum as they called for a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in indigenous communities.
The No camp achieved victory within the first 90 minutes but Dutton and Price waited until the prime minister had addressed the nation before they stood up in Brisbane to address their successful campaign to persuade Australians to reject a proposal to enshrine an indigenous advisory authority in the constitution.
“They have said No to grievance and the push from activists to suggest that we are a racist country when we are absolutely not a racist country.” “Tomorrow, the hard work must begin. This result does not give governments permission to throw up their hands, declaring nothing more can be done,” he told No supporters, including the executive director of Advance Australia, Matthew Sheehan.
Langton fired back that she had not accused Australians of being racist but rather asked them to think about the “racist underpinnings of the No campaign messaging”.
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