Voice referendum 2023: Qld live updates as voters hit polling stations
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Protest, abuse and a Bob Katter blow-up have made for an explosive final few hours of voting in the Voice referendum across Queensland.
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4.30PM: FACES OF NO CAMPAIGN IN BRISBANE
The faces of the national No campaign jetted into Queensland on Saturday afternoon and visited an inner-Brisbane voting centre, surprising volunteers.
Former politician and Indigenous Affairs advocate Warren Mundine and Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price visited Runcorn Heights State School, in Brisbane’s south.
No volunteer Rod Carey said Mr Mundine flew in from Sydney and had his wife with him.
Then 45 minutes later Senator Price arrived with her husband and spent half-an-hour at the voting centre.
“To get two people from the No camp who are on the brochures was really stunning,” he said.
“Normally this is pretty boring stuff with not much joy, just long hours.”
In Queensland Premier’s electorate, one voter said the sides of the referendum the state’s politicians had chosen had not come into their decision making.
Annastacia Palaszczuk’s home seat of Inala is a multicultural area in Brisbane’s southwest.
Local Marian Bonner, who voted no on Saturday at Inala State High School, said everybody deserves a voice.
“To me, it’s getting to the stage where the white man needs a voice. We’re just picking out one (group) for extra treatment,” she said.
“I was looking in the queue and there was all kinds of nationalities – Vietnamese, Chinese, Australians, Indians and so on.”
Ms Bonner said the Premier’s support for the Yes campaign had not swayed her.
“I haven’t really paid much attention to it, and I’ve not taken a great deal of politics on board.”
3.20PM: BOB KATTER CLASHES WITH GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS
Voting at Townsville Central State School Saturday afternoon, Kennedy MP Bob Katter said he had lost his temper with government officials behind closed doors and had threatened to “king-hit people” over how to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Australians.
The outspoken Federal MP vowed to spend the rest of his life improving life expectancy for Indigenous communities, no matter what the outcome of the referendum would be.
He voted against the Voice to parliament while visiting Townsville on Saturday, which lies outside his electorate of Kennedy, because he did not believe this would offer meaningful outcomes.
He said his first action regardless of the outcome of the referendum was in trying to push through legislation that would create an authority to override government regulations that obstruct regional communities.
Mr Katter’s proposed authority was not the same as a Voice consultation body.
He said he would not support the Voice because it would differentiate people based on race, and he did not see why another government body or department needed to be created when existing ones should be able to do the job.
“I don’t want to leave this life or this job knowing those people have a life expectancy of 56,” Mr Katter said.
“I’m a proud Australian and I’m not proud of this country that has continued to elect the people that have completely ignored, worse than that, the Torres Strait.”
Mr Katter said government bureaucracy prevented meaningful change to regional communities such as bans to community gardens, commercial dinghy fishing, and obstructing Indigenous people from working unless they obtained blue cards.
“We have to go through 23 processes to put a potato in the ground in Doomadgee,” Mr Katter said, referring to his determination to restore community gardens in regional communities.
“And that will take us four or five years, in which they’ll change the regulations and we’ll start again.
“I’ve tried through all the ways that I have, through ministers, Prime Ministers, I’ve tried every way known to man and I failed hopelessly.
“So I’m screaming and making people cry, I’m trying to king-hit people, I don’t know what else I can do.
“So I’m going to put it in the parliament, if you vote against it you are a stinking corrupt liar and Jesus Christ had it right.
“He called your mob self-righteous hypocrites.”
– Chris Burns
3PM: DEPUTY PREMIER TOURS BRISBANE POLLING BOOTHS
Queensland Deputy Premier Steven Miles has spent the day travelling across various voting booths in Brisbane’s northern suburbs.
Miles, who has remained one of the state government’s more vocal Yes campaigners, has supported the push for the voice today in Griffin, Kallangur, Dakabin and Mango Hill in his state seat of Murrumba.
He told The Courier-Mail all voters and volunteers have been friendly.
The Deputy Premier also said he was again reminded of the importance of the Voice after speaking today with “my friend” Mary Doctor, deputy chair of the national peak body for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Housing.
“It reminded me how much I’d learned from listening to her voice and how much I hope her people can have a permanent Voice to Parliament,” he said.
Miles said his daughter, Bridie, had also enjoyed the sunny day meeting a number of democracy dogs – like Matilda (pictured).
2.40PM: LONG QUEUES STILL OUTSIDE CITY HALL
A steady stream of voters are flowing through Brisbane City Hall, with the line snaking out along Ann Street.
Voters remarked the lines were moving efficiently, with the referendum vote far quicker than casting a ballot paper at election time.
The majority of voters appear to favour the yes campaign, with several confirming they cast a yes vote.
Hanna Etta said she voted yes because “these are things that should have already been in the constitution”.
“It just makes sense,” she said
“I find it racist that we have to voted but even a misstep is sometimes a step forward in the right direction.
“However they handle this I hope it benefits the elders.”
Dawn Tennant said it was important to know what people think.
“I think it’s a great thing,” she said.
“Great to get a voice of the people.”
Peter Scougall said he voted yes because it was import “as a nation we recognised the first people to live in this land”.
Friends Nish Rajapakse and Aelia Zawilska stopped in to vote after their commercial dance class.
“I voted yes because we need to allow a voice for everyone,” Ms Rajapakse said.
“No just pushes it back, there’s no progress from shutting something down when that could be the way of moving forward.
“It just doesn’t make sense.
“Those who would like to talk should be given the opportunity to do so.”
1.45PM: PROTEST AND FIRE AS REFERENDUM HEATS UP
A man has paraded around outside a Queensland voting centre with a placard reading: “No Division, No Racism”.
The man, who was at the polling booths at St Francis Xavier Church in the Ipswich suburb of Goodna, said the sign targeted comments made by prominent Yes campaigner Noel Pearson.
It comes after voters reported being abused at another Ipswich voting centre, this time in Newtown.
Meanwhile, There was a moment of drama at the Bardon/Walton Bridge Girl Guides democracy sausage when fat caught on fire at the Lavalla Centre booth in Milton.
Luckily no one was injured and the Lions sizzle across the road stepped in with the barbecue tongs until order was restored.
At the Lavalla entrance, the sole No volunteer cut a lonely figure in a sea of Yes supporters but scored plenty of encouraging shout outs from passing No voters.
Leon Lechner, who ironically directed his preferences to radical ex Greens councillor Jonathan Sriranganathan at the 2016 election, when Mr Lechner ran as an independent, said he was concerned the referendum would divide the country.
He said he had been continually harassed by Yes “activists” for weeks.
“This morning someone came up to me and said ‘why are you a racist’ and then walked away,” he said.
“At King George Square this week a woman with (Aboriginal flag) earrings started filming my crotch and having a go at me.”
Over at Ashgrove State School, local state Labor MP Jonty Bush cast her Yes vote.
“The vibe I am getting in this area is very positive,” she said.
“We’ve had people coming into my office asking for signs and downloading the Uluru Statement.
“This is what indigenous people want but unfortunately some people have been caught up in disinformation and misinformation.”
Karl Farrelly said he had changed his mind several times.
“The facts have only really been coming out in the last week,” he said.
“It’s an important step for Australia to move forward.”
1:35PM: SEARCH FOR ANSWERS
On Queensland’s Sunshine Coast, Palmwoods resident Heather Black spent a lot of time on Friday researching online to educate herself on what exactly she was voting on.
“For some reason for me it wasn’t as obvious what yes means and what no means,” the 44-year-old said.
She said usually there were prominent flyers and Facebook posts during election campaigns but she felt there had been less material readily available throughout the referendum campaign.
In Coolum, 24-year-old Louis Tissington-Weston voted in his first referendum.
He said there had been “a lot” of contradictory opinions on the matter and while there hadn’t been as large a change as he would’ve liked, he felt it was a step in the right direction, prompting him to vote yes.
“I didn’t understand what I was voting for up until the last two weeks I’d say, and then I was able to make an opinion from what I was able to gather.
“But I still had to research, I had to look, it wasn’t clear.”
In the Caloundra South suburb of Baringa, Kade Abdy was certain early on.
“I kind of feel like Australia’s missing something, so it’s just probably like another piece to the puzzle sort of thing.
“I’m 100 per cent yes on it.”
In Caloundra Peter Kane said he didn’t have enough information on the full picture to make a decision.
“I know it’s the vibe, you know, it’s the start of the process, but I don’t know where the process is going to land.”
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1.25PM: COAST CAMPAIGNER NOT OPTIMISTIC
Gold Coast “Yes” campaigner Nathan Fleury says he’s “not optimistic” for more than 50 per cent of the vote on the southern Glitter Strip as large numbers of older voters cast their ballots.
But Mr Fleury, booth captain for the Southern Gold Coast’s “Yes” campaign, says he’s been buoyed by a decent turnout of younger voters at some booths “who are indicating they will vote yes”.
Mr Fleury has spent the morning touring many of the 29 booths on the southern Gold Coast from Robina to Coolangatta.
He said “yes” campaigners knew they were up against it in the area dominated by older “conservative” voters.
“We’re not optimistic for more than 50 per cent (of votes) across the southern Gold Coast,” he said.
But Mr Fleury said younger voters turning out at smaller booths such as North Burleigh gave him some positivity.
“A lot of younger voters are indicating they will vote yes or at least asking for information to inform their vote, and I’m really grateful for that,” he said.
With large numbers of people casting pre-poll votes, Mr Fleury said voter turnout had been much lower than on a typical election day.
“The morning rush wasn’t as busy as we’d expected so I’m anticipating a bit of a late rush between 4pm and 6pm,” he said.
1:20PM: PLENTY OF SAUSAGES
Edward Easton served up some democracy sausages at West End State School’s voting booth and said he will be flat out all day.
“I’ve been set up since 9am and will be busy all day,” he said.
“I’ve still got a lot of sausages left though.”
Melissa Sandon said at midday she was pleased with the turnout so far, in an area projected to be an overwhelming Yes vote majority.
“There has been positive signs so far and lots of ‘yes vote’ posters around,” she said.
“Let’s hope everyone gets inspired today.”
12.55PM: ‘MORE ACCOUNTABLE’: WOTTON CASTS VOTE
Palm Island man and leader of the 2004 riots Lex Wotton said today was a day for people who might feel misrepresented.
“People have to make up their own minds about how they feel about things.”
“What’s the no side’s solution? Is it the status quo? What’s the yes side’s solution? A body that sits down and doesn’t have a voice?” Mr Wotton asked.
Mr Wotton was convicted of inciting the riots after the death in custody of Cameron Doomadgee and served 19 months in jail before being released on parole in 2014. He then led the community through the fight to receive legal recompense.
The Federal Court in 2016 ruled the conduct of certain police officers related to the riot was unlawful and discriminatory and ordered the State Government to pay $30 million in compensation.
At the island’s polling booth on Saturday, Mt Wotton was not comfortable saying which way he voted, but wanted people to vote and have their voice heard.
“There’s duplications of services, and what is the end result?”
“This Palm Island community is one of the largest (Indigenous) communities throughout the country and because of its history, standing up in all facets of life, we should automatically have a seat at the table if there is a Voice. Because we haven’t had both sides of the debates come in here and inform the community about what they represent.”
“We as Aboriginal people, all we do everyday is get up and fight. Regardless of the outcome, governments, indigenous and non-indigenous agencies should be held more accountable.”
12.40PM: STRONG OPINIONS IN ROCKY
At Rockhampton’s Park Avenue State School polling booth, Indigenous local Joe Cleland was voting ‘no’ and unafraid to say why.
“It’s not fair on all Australians, that’s the way I look at it,” he said
“I mean, you were born in this country, you’re part of this country and I just don’t think it’s fair … And we don’t really know what Albanese has got in store.
“We, the Indigenous people, have already got representatives in parliament … and I think there’s a lot more stuff involved in it that we don’t know about.”
Ken Murphy also voted ‘no’ and said he believed everybody should be “treated the same”. “While we say there are Indigenous children in squalor conditions, there’s a lot of white children in squalor conditions, and I think that we need to improve the conditions for everybody and not identify a race – I think that’s quite discriminatory.
“I grew up with Indigenous children and I work with Indigenous people and they’re wonderful people, but I think we are spoiling them by identifying them as separate and then treating them differently. I think that’s wrong.”
David Thomas said he’d looked at both sides of the argument and “kept on coming back to the ‘yes’ vote”.
“I’ve had a lot of experience and worked with indigenous people over a long period of time, and I understand how they’ve been treated very poorly. The money we’ve been pouring down the drain for the last 50 years hasn’t had the right outcomes. And I think it’s time that we changed that.”
Josie Nembach voted ‘yes’ and said she believed Indigenous people had “not been heard in the past”.
“We do heaps of surveys, heaps of research into what’s good for the Indigenous people and we never carry anything out,” she said
“And this way I hope that will be addressed because our Indigenous people are lagging behind all the Indigenous people in the rest of the world. I think that’s pretty concerning.”
12.15PM: ABUSE MARS VOTING IN IPSWICH
There was an early rush in Ipswich, southwest of Brisbane, as voters queued around the corner before polling booths were open.
Ipswich residents queued at multiple major polling booths from 7.30am on Saturday ahead of the 8am opening. The queues had cleared by 9am and there were just trickles of voters are that.
Experienced campaigners from both sides, who have volunteered in past elections, have been left disappointed by the amount of abuse they have copped.
No campaigner Jeanette Glasgow was greeting voters at Glebe Road Kindergarten & Pre-School in the Ipswich suburb of Newtown.
“I was shocked by the rude and abusive language, it has happened several times already this morning. People in cars have been shouting as they drive past,” she said.
Yes campaigner Carol Nevin, at the same Ipswich booth, has volunteered at eight past elections.
“People will pass and say funny things, but you just do what you want to do and smile and wave. I’ve seen the good and the bad in every election,” she said.
12.10PM: DAUGHTER SHARES DREAM
The daughter of Alfred Neal, one of the nation’s greatest Indigenous leaders who was instrumental in the success of the 1967 referendum, has voted in favour of the Voice to parliament at a polling booth in Yarrabah, Far North Queensland.
Josephine Murgha, a former Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire councillor, said she voted yes “to end the struggle”.
“It has always been a struggle for us,” Ms Murgha said.
“My father, Alf Neal, fought for the 1967 referendum when we were counted. He died this year, he was 101.”
Mr Neal, also known as the Bush Lawyer, Popeye, or Djungan, died in Yarrabah on May 24, aged 101.
He was best known for his tireless fight for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples to be recognised by the Australian constitution during a referendum held in 1967.
His granddaughter Susan Neal, a schoolteacher, said she voted yes for him.
“I hope his dream of recognition is achieved. It’s a very emotional day for me,” she said.
Yarrabah Mayor, Ross Andrews, said he was confident the majority of his community would support the proposal.
“The challenges we have here in Yarrabah are similar to those faced across the nation,” he said.
“The Voice will address universal challenges of health, education and employment.”
A teacher’s aide for 40 years and Mr Andrews’ aunty, Mina Andrews, said it was the right step.
“We can’t speak for ourselves, we need a voice in parliament,” she said.
11.25AM: SCHOOLS SHOW CLASS
Schools across the city have opened their doors for voters, with dozens lining up outside the Ascot State School this morning.
Yes and No campaigners could be seen handing out flyers and fact sheets to people making their way up Massey St toward the school.
Annie Khoo, 20, arrived at 10am to campaign for a Yes result.
“The turnout today was a lot bigger in the morning but I think we’re seeing a bit more flow through now which is good.” she said.
No campaigner Nick Burnham said everyone was being civil at the school. Asked if he’s here to sway voters towards the right, Mr Burnham said “we’re not here to do that people make up their own minds”.
10.45AM: TREASURER REMAINS OPTIMISTIC
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he re, mains optimistic for the Yes vote despite early indications pointing towards a victory for the No camp, urging Australians not to assume the result is a done deal.
“The votes haven’t been counted yet – so we’re not going to pre-empt an outcome,” he said.
“Australians have an opportunity; millions of Australians wouldn’t have voted yet, and they’ve got a chance here to vote for those better outcomes through constitutional recognition.”
The Treasurer highlighted the contrast in how the two major parties handled the campaign.
“No matter what the outcome is tonight, I think it will be really clear: We’ve got a Prime Minister who looks forward to the future with positivity and optimism and tries to bring people together,” he said.
“We’ve got an opposition leader who’s always trying to divide people with his nasty and negative politics. He has absolutely nothing positive to say about the future of this country.
“So no matter what the results tonight, I think the contrast between the two leaders in particular will be really clear.”
10.30AM: LAST EFFORTS TO SWAY VOTERS
Wearing a ‘yes’ shirt and describing the nation’s history back to settlement as “shameful” Bundaberg Regional Councillor Vince Habermann said Indigenous people were classified as “fauna” rather than “human beings” until the 60s.
He said this was a “blight on our past” and to him, today’s vote was “just another step to give them a voice in parliament”.
He said he believed most had made up their minds but he was handing out at the Bundaberg North State High School booth in support of the ‘yes’ side and hopeful of still swaying a few who were undecided.
10.25AM: POSITIVE VIBES IN HAMILTON
The line outside the St Augustine’s Anglican Church in Hamilton extended for at least 100 metres by about 10.20.
Yes campaigner Connor Wood said there had been a large voter turnout. “It’s been really positive, people have been really friendly and this is what being a community is all about,” he said.
“It doesn’t matter what people vote for, we all come together at the end of it.”
No campaigner and businessman Stephen Baxter said: “This is the first time I actually stood at a booth to campaign … it’s been pretty peaceful but really hot since the morning,” he said.
“The turnout feels good and there’s a sausage sizzle going on so it’s definitely a good vibe.
“Everyone is happy to chat … there’s a few people leaning to the other side but it is what it is.”
10.15AM: MINOR ISSUES FOR REDLANDS VOTERS
A lack of wheelchair access and missing names on the referendum roll were the few hiccups at a busy booth at Redland Bay.
Dogs, babies, and more than 500 people turned out to cast their votes early at Redland Bay in the Liberal-held seat of Bowman.
Booth volunteers Craig Avery and Adrienne Verco said there had been a collegiate vibe and atmosphere.
“It’s hard to tell how people are voting but sentiment seems to be down the middle,” Mr Avery said.
“The morning rush finished and we estimate about 500 people through the booth already.
“Depending on how hot it gets today, we think there will be another rush later just before polls close.”
Voter Trudy Lillicrap from Redland Bay said very little effort had been made for people in wheelchairs.
“There was little to no information online to make it easy to pick where there is wheelchair access, which made it tricky,” she said.
“When I did vote, I had to come out the entry as the exit was all stairs.
“More should be done to give people in wheelchairs access.”
Voters Scott and Kathy Kay who recently moved to Queensland from New South Wales said their names were not on the roll at Redland Bay.
“We made sure all our details had been changed weeks ago and so it was very surprising that we had to make an absentee vote,” Mrs Kay said.
9.30AM: TREASURER’S PLEA: ‘DO THE RIGHT THING’
Treasurer Jim Chalmers voted early at the Springwood Central State School.
“I’ll be enthusiastically voting yes today, yes to better listening and to better outcomes,” he said.
Mr Chalmers made one last plea to Australians yet to “do a very Australian thing” and vote Yes.
“This is our big chance in our local community and around the country to do the right thing by the first of us in a way that could lift all of us up together,” he said.
“So if you haven’t made up your mind yet, I really urge you to vote for better listening and for better outcomes, doing things differently and doing things better for First Nations people.
“It won’t cost the rest of us anything to do the right thing here. It’s a very Australian thing to say we will listen to each other and we’ll be there for each other and that’s what today is all about.
“So come out and vote. Make sure you vote and if you could, please, please vote Yes.”
9AM: ‘CAUTIOUSLY OPTIMISTIC’: GREENS MP
Voters have turned out in their hundreds at the Brisbane State High School, casting votes and picking up an early “democracy sausage” during the first hour after polls opened.
Greens Member for South Brisbane Amy MacMahon has been spotted alongside the federal member for Griffith, Max Chandler-Mather greeting voters.
Ms MacMahon said she’s feeling cautious but optimistic.
“I’m feeling cautiously optimistic particularly based on the feedback that we’ve been getting on the early voting during the past few weeks,” she said.
“I’d encourage everyone to get out if you haven’t cast your vote already, make sure you get out and vote.”
Waiting in line, Ryan Briggs, 21, said it was nice to live in a country where “everyone can work together to establish something”.
“That’s why I’m casting a yes vote.”
8.30AM: PALM ISLAND VOTERS STEP OUT
Florence Joyce-Izzard, 75, was the first person to vote on Palm Island when booths opened at 8am.
She voted yes because she felt Indigenous children committing crime needed to be addressed differently than it was at the moment.
The 1967 referendum was the first time she voted – “it gave us our rights back” – and she’s passionately voted ever since. A Palm Island police officer suggested she go and vote on that day 1967, and she got a shock when she found out she was on the electoral roll.
Ms Joyce-Izzard voted yes to help spread the history of her four tribes to her grandchildren.
There was no early voting station on the island, which is Queensland’s largest discreet Indigenous community. Three ferry-loads of rugby league fans took people off the island during the week for a rugby league tournament in Townsville.
Former Palm Island mayor Alf Lacey was annoyed at the ‘if you don’t know, vote no’ slogan of the no campaign. “If you don’t know, go and find out,” he said.
Mr Lacey voted yes with the hope a Voice would increase economic development for Indigenous communities.
“Welfare’s been around for too long,” he said.
The former mayor believed there were about 1000 enrolled voters on the island, but said that figure could be higher because the Australian Electoral Commission had visited numerous times in the past few months, signing up younger people.
“Regardless of what the outcome is, we’re one of the most resilient mob going. We’ve been knocked down so many times and we’ve got up and walked again. So either way, see what tomorrow morning brings,” he said.
NEVER A RAISED VOICE BETWEEN NEIGHBOURS
Two Brisbane neighbours have spent the Voice campaign separated by a fence and how they will vote. On a waterfront Wynnum street two houses represent the opposing sides of the referendum, with one white modern build bearing “vote no” signs, and the other, a black single-story dwelling with the garage door painted with an Aboriginal flag.
No voters David and Belinda Goodwin said the relationship with their vocal Yes-supporting neighbours has always remained respectful.
“It’s chalk and cheese between them and us … But we haven’t had a cross word with them,” Mr Goodwin said.
The couple and their nine children moved into the home six months ago after a fire had destroyed it just as they finished renovating it.
YES CAMPAIGN FAILS TO BRIDGE THE GULF
The Yes campaign hurt its chances by failing to engage with First Nations communities in the gulf region and lacking a coherent message, according to Gulf Region Economic Aboriginal Trust director Mangubadijarri Yanner.
He said there was a large amount of misinformation about the Voice and urged Australians to make sure they had the correct information before they cast their ballot on Saturday.
The Yes23 Far North Queensland co-ordinator said there were challenges working in remote regions, but that the team had been working tirelessly since the official campaign began.
In March this year Mr Yanner made a plea for the campaign to come to remote Indigenous communities in the Gulf of Carpentaria, such as Doomadgee, Mornington and Burketown, but said he had been saddened and disheartened by their efforts since then.
“I’ve spoken to people from all walks of life. Most didn’t know what it’s about, or were unsure what it’s meant to achieve,” he said.
“There’s been some visits here in the past few months, but not enough to ensure the majority of people here are voting yes. If the result does end up being no, it’s something I believe could have been avoided with a bit more engagement and more combating the misinformation and disinformation out there from the no campaign.”
Yes23 Far North Queensland co-ordinator Stacee Ketchell said campaigning in remote locations could be challenging, but that she had been doing so for the Voice to Parliament since 2019.
“Since the official yes campaign started earlier this year, we have held over 500 information forums, market stalls and youth information sessions from the Torres Strait to Townsville,” Ms Ketchell said.
“We have had almost 7000 volunteers working tirelessly across Queensland to explain why a Yes vote in the referendum is so important for delivering better outcomes for our community.”
Young voters in the Indigenous community of Cherbourg told The Courier-Mail this week that they had not been provided with enough information about the Voice to determine which way they will vote.
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