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The Constitutional amendment was rejected in both the state and national vote counts, with the Australian Capital Territory being the only state or territory with a majority "yes" vote. [257] [258] Despite some predictions of a low turnout, the participation rate for the referendum was 89.92%, just higher than the rate for the 2022 election of ...
The study also found that the majority of people who speak English as a second language voted No. [7] Ethnic communities were, throughout the campaign, a key demographic for both the Yes and No camps. [8] The vote for the Voice in suburbs with high ethnic populations was split, with election analyst Ben Raue identifying some surprising trends ...
NSW Liberal Party – while former leader and former premier Dominic Perrottet supported the Voice, the current leader, Mark Speakman, endorses a Yes vote but will not actively campaign for a Yes vote and members of the NSW Liberal Party will be given a conscience vote on the issue. [561] [562]
Of Australia’s population of 26 million, 17,676,347 are enrolled to vote in the referendum. Early voting will begin on Monday at remote and far-flung Outback locations.
Australia has set the date for its first referendum in 24 years as polls suggest the government is on course for failure unless it can reverse declining support.
These results have been cited by Yes campaign figures, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as evidence for broad Indigenous support for the Voice. [ 3 ] The ABC conducted a review of Indigenous-specific polling in August 2023, consulting with polling experts Kevin Bonham, William Bowe, and Simon Jackman.
In Australia, referendums (also spelt referenda) [1] are public votes held on important issues where the electorate may approve or reject a certain proposal. In contemporary usage, polls conducted on non-constitutional issues are known as plebiscites, with the term referendum being reserved solely for votes on constitutional changes, which is legally required to make a change to the ...
Voters went to the polls on Saturday in a by-election in Australia's Victoria state seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's handling of cost of living pressures across the country.