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A week of mourning

Or a week of thinking up excuses

28 October 2023

9:00 AM

28 October 2023

9:00 AM

The key advocates of the constitutionally enshrined Voice called for a week of silence after the vote to allow them to mourn the massive thumping that occurred at the ballot box. After all the votes are counted, there definitely won’t be a 4 in front of the Yes percentage.

The reality is that the week was required for those Yes advocates to dream up reasons why the referendum campaign failed so dismally.

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