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The Results of the Vote

A mother consoles her daughter called Sera over the 'No' vote, saying, '... Now we will still live under colony rules where they tell us what to do!'

Danny Eastwood

18 October 2023

Danny Eastwood shows that, for many First Nations Australians who voted ‘Yes’ in the Voice referendum, the proposal’s resounding defeat felt like a personal rejection. His cartoon carries the fatalistic tone of the old Doris Day song, ‘Que Sera, Sera’, to which he alludes. While the media speculates about why the referendum failed, Eastwood points out that, whatever the reasons, the status quo remains.