Polls across eastern Australia have closed and Guardian Australia analysis shows NSW, Victoria, Tasmania will not support the voice
Australians voters have rejected a proposal to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the country’s constitution, Guardian Australia projects.
Polls across eastern Australia are closed and Guardian Australia analysis shows New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia and Queensland will not support the voice, with Victoria currently trending no – meaning the referendum will not succeed.
A referendum requires a double majority to succeed – a majority of votes nationally, plus a majority of voters in a majority of four out of six states.
The yes campaign’s expected path to victory required NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and South Australia to support the referendum. With Queensland and Western Australia expected to vote no, the projected no vote in the first four states state means the referendum will not succeed.
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, is likely to make a public address later this evening from Canberra. Opposition leader Peter Dutton is also expected to speak in Brisbane.
Deputy prime minister Richard Marles conceded on the ABC that referendums are very difficult to win in Australia.
“But because something is difficult, doesn’t mean we don’t try,” he said.
