The prime minister says he has done everything he can to secure a Yes vote, as leading No campaigners express confidence that the Voice referendum will fail.
Polls in the nation's first referendum in a generation have closed in eastern states excluding Queensland, as well as Tasmania, as millions of Australians deliver their verdict on an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Australians have flocked to more than 7,000 voting stations across the country, many of which closed at 6pm local time, voting on the first proposed change to the constitution since 1999.
The good thing is everyone agrees on that. This is people's opportunity to change that," she said. Burney said she had butterflies in her stomach, and was hopeful a Yes vote would lead to greater outcomes for Indigenous people. "If this is a successful referendum, the Closing the Gap targets will be turbocharged," she said. "We have worked incredibly hard. We've knocked on thousands of doors, rung thousands of phones.
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