00:00 One day on, both yes and no voters in the Territory reflect on a lengthy campaign.
00:07 Vote no is about the people coming together. Vote yes is saying, "Oh, the government can fix all of this for us."
00:15 The government can't fix anything to be honest with you.
00:18 And look towards the future.
00:20 We need to continue that work and we have to rebuild the Northern Territory.
00:25 I have spent four weeks saying to communities, "We must challenge the status quo."
00:31 As the counting stands now, 60% of Territorians chose to oppose the voice in yesterday's referendum.
00:38 Splitting the vote into the Territory's two federal electorates,
00:42 the Darwin Division of Solomon produced the bulk of the no vote,
00:45 with the rest of the Territory in Lingiari showing a higher but still not majority yes response.
00:52 In Darwin, the only yes majority polling stations were Rapid Creek and Parrap,
00:57 the highest no's stemming from the outer suburbs.
01:00 Most polling stations in Lingiari also voted no,
01:04 but out of the 22 mobile voting teams servicing remote Indigenous communities,
01:09 only one of them rejected a voice to Parliament.
01:12 Shadow Minister for Indigenous Affairs, Jacinta Nampajimpa-Price,
01:16 raised concerns about voting in the bush, saying remote communities can be easily influenced.
01:22 Those who come in with their how to votes, the unions that come in
01:26 and overpower vulnerable Aboriginal people in those communities,
01:30 there is a lot that goes on in remote communities that the rest of Australia doesn't get to see.
01:36 But spokesperson for the AEC told the ABC that the ability to campaign at any polling place,
01:42 including in remote communities, was of course the same for everyone,
01:46 and the Commission saw a 25% increase in polling in remote areas off the back of an expanded offering.
01:53 It's been an intense and tiring process for many,
01:56 but as the dust settles after the NT made its choice,
01:59 perhaps the pathway forward will become a little clearer.
02:02 little clearer.
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