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The hard cost of a failed referendum
The resounding defeat of the Voice referendum leaves many Indigenous leaders disillusioned and Yes voters broken-hearted, but Anthony Albanese still argues it was the right thing to do.
Jennifer HewettColumnistWhat now? The referendum’s overwhelming No vote is not a national rejection of constitutional recognition for Indigenous Australians, although this will become the default view. It is instead a most emphatic rejection of the particular form asked for by key Indigenous leaders and refined by the prime minister in the proposal for the Voice.
But the practical result will be the same – no to both. That’s the hard price of failure.
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