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SOME TOWNS VOTE YES
66.8 per cent of Indi votes No, but several towns return majority Yes vote from polling places in Indi on Referendum Day.
INDI VOTES NO Electorate results report p 66.8% No and 33.2% Yes in referendum’s Voice to Parliament INDI voters have given a resounding No to altering the Constitution to establish an Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Voters were massively against the notion, with just 33.2 per cent Yes and 66.8 per cent writing No on their ballot papers, as of Sunday afternoon, with postal votes still being counted. However, on Referendum Day polling places in
BY STEVE KELLY skelly@ nemedia.com.au
Beechworth, Bright, Harrietville, Mount Beauty, Stanley and Yackandandah all had a majority Yes vote. Out of the 39 Victorian federal electorates, Indi had the fifth highest percentage No vote, with the Mallee at
78.41pc, Nicholls 76.19pc, Gippsland 73.06pc, and Wannon at 68.78pc. Prepoll voters in Wangaratta submitted a high 10,458 (70.24pc) No vote and 4432 (29.76pc) voted Yes. On Referendum Day people who voted at the Murphy Street polling place were 60.51pc No voters, at the Westend it was 59.03pc No and Yarrunga 63pc No. The average percentage
of No voters across the Rural City of Wangaratta’s polling places was 65.42pc. It was well above the figures state-wide, with voters making Victoria the highest proportional Yes vote in Australia compared to other states, with a 45.17pc Yes and a 54.83pc No. The highest proportions of Yes voters in the Victoria were from Kooyong 59.89, Higgins 60.28, Wills 64.26,
McNamara 65.01, Cooper 65.64 and Melbourne 78.04pc. Independent MP for Indi Helen Haines said change is hard and changing our constitution is exceptionally hard. “On Saturday, Australians including voters in Indi, comprehensively voted ‘No’ to recognition in our constitution of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
peoples through a Voice to Parliament,” Dr Haines said. “While I am disappointed in the outcome, I am grateful that we have a democracy that allows every one of us to have our say. “I have always believed that two people of good character can have different views and discuss those views in peace - that is how it should be. ■ Continued page 3
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