FEDERAL POLITICIANS REFLECT ON VOICE REFERENDUM
"Australians whether they voted 'yes' or 'no', would see that a situation where a group of our fellow citizens, by virtue of their birth are living shorter and less healthy lives is fundamentally unfair and we need to act to change that."
- Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles
"We now have a unique opportunity to actually stand up, embrace what Australians did vote for and make a difference for the first time ever."
- Shadow attorney-general Michaelia Cash
"We want to work with others to find ways to close the gap and to continue to walk down the path of reconciliation."
- Health Minister Mark Butler
"This is not a result about whether Australians support Indigenous people or not, it's a referendum on a particular model of constitutional recognition. We need to recommit to the reconciliation process and I think the one thing that all sides agreed was that Indigenous disadvantage is the top issue."
- Liberal MP and 'yes' campaigner Julian Leeser
"People haven't learned from history about referendums, referendums have to have a bipartisan approach. That's whether you like it or not."
- Leading 'no' campaigner Warren Mundine
"We need the government to recommit to the Uluru statement from the heart in full and that involves beginning a process of truth telling across the country."
- Greens Leader Adam Bandt
"Those in a metro part of Australia clearly voted for 'yes' and then as you move further away from the city, the 'no' campaign won more decisively."
- Election analyst Ben Raue
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