A subdued crowd of voice supporters in Sydney watched the results quickly turn against them
Those used to the usual rhythm of a federal election night might have expected a trickle of a count, softened by platitudes about small unrepresentative booths.The event for yes supporters at the Wests Ashfield leagues club in Sydney was the sort of gathering you have when you need to mark an occasion not to celebrate.Three hundred people in an over-air conditioned function room overlooking Liverpool Road, almost a small enough crowd to be able to thank each volunteer personally.
Byrne’s claim that “tonight we will find out if our noble fight” to make this statement of respect toSign up for Guardian Australia’s free morning and afternoon email newsletters for your daily news roundup “So when we succeed at this, let it be known that they did that. That they have lied to the Australian people. That dishonesty should not be forgotten.”
“All we wanted to do was to join with you, our Indigenous story, our Indigenous culture. Not to take away or diminish what it is that you have but to add to it, to strengthen , to enrich it.” “It’s not enough to say that you were against division. You now have a solemn responsibility to back up those words.
Parkin said “very few” political leaders were willing to invest their own political capital in support of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians rather than “generate political capital off our backs”.
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