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25-10-2023
RESULTS ARE IN: WRIGHT SAYS A RESOUNDING ‘NO’ TO LABOR’S CANBERRA VOICE
RESULTS ARE IN: WRIGHT SAYS A RESOUNDING ‘NO’ TO LABOR’S CANBERRA VOICE
Federal Member for Wright, Scott Buchholz said the voters of Wright have had their say on the Voice Referendum, with 78 percent of voters in Wright voting NO.
The defeat of this referendum is a missed opportunity by this Albanese Labor Government, who used what should have been a unifying moment for Australia, to divide the nation, house by house, street by street, town by town; it is a disappointing outcome for the cause of reconciliation with our first nations.
The result in Wright was overwhelmingly NO, with all 76 polling booths returning a negative result of 78.09%, as of 3pm on Sunday. This result will continue to have minor updates as the postal and absent votes are counted, however it represents the definitive position of not only our communities, but also Queensland who were united against Labor’s divisive and flawed Canberra voice.
Whilst there were a couple of minor incidents at the pre-polling; the vast number of people conducted themselves in a professional, courteous and polite manner. And for that I'm grateful.
While the Prime Minister and the Labor Government have done all they could to divide Australians, this is not a time for us to remain divided, it is a time for us to return to the drawing board and work out a pathway to true recognition for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islanders in the Constitution. In the months and years ahead, our challenge is to win the hearts and minds of Australians, and to offer a way forward, in spite of the language the Prime Minister has continued to use. We need to be able to plan a pathway that we can walk together to create the change needed for future recognition.
We will need to put our shoulders to the wheel and start to bridge the divide that this referendum has created in our nation. We need to walk and work together; only then can we build a better Australia.

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