REFERENDUM OF 14 OCTOBER 2023 =================================================================== A proposed law to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. State Enrolment Turnout Informal ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 5,588,248 5,050,690 90.4 57,125 01.1 Vic 4,468,879 4,029,457 90.2 38,761 01.0 Qld 3,632,451 3,187,946 87.8 27,125 00.9 WA 1,826,521 1,591,036 87.1 13,388 00.8 SA 1,283,394 1,172,171 91.3 11,434 01.0 Tas 407,018 373,687 91.8 3,958 01.1 ACT 316,837 289,162 91.3 2,234 00.8 NT 152,999 108,254 70.8 805 00.7 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 17,676,347 15,802,148 89.4 154,826 09.8 ------------------------------------------------------------------- State Formal For Against ------------------------------------------------------------------- NSW 4,993,565 98.9 2,047,233 41.0 2,946,332 59.0 Vic 3,990,696 99.0 1,825,434 45.7 2,165,262 54.3 Qld 3,160,821 99.1 1,003,829 31.8 2,156,992 68.2 WA 1,577,648 99.2 579,019 36.7 998,629 63.3 SA 1,160,737 99.0 415,409 35.8 745,328 64.2 Tas 369,729 98.9 151,678 41.0 218,051 59.0 ACT 286,928 09.2 175,855 61.3 111,073 38.7 NT 107,449 99.3 42,544 39.6 64,905 60.4 ------------------------------------------------------------------- Total 15,647,322 6,240,908 39.9 9,406,414 60.1 ------------------------------------------------------------------- The proposal was rejected nationally and in six states and was therefore not carried. -------------------------------------------------------------------