Why we said 'NO bloody way'

Nationally, the current margin of about 60 - 40 in favour of No and is likely to increase as more postal votes are counted.

In his downcast speech following the inevitable result on Saturday night, the PM said he accepted the will of the people but didn't admit he had made a huge mistake, blaming it on "mis-information and dis-information."

Really Albo? You don't think that refusing to provide any details on how the Voice would be established, administered, where it would be based, and what its real powers would be, had something to do with its resounding defeat? Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says he had asked you 14 questions months ago regarding The Voice but never received an answer.

At one stage you said it would be a brave government that ignored The Voice (which could make representations on anything affecting indigenous people) and then you have claimed that it wouldn't affect 97 percent of Australians but would really help the other three percent.

Apparently it would have had powers similar to Harry Potter's magic wand as it listened to communities most in need and solved their problems.

Whether it would have properly directed the copious billions of dollars funneled into indigenous agencies over many years to actually make a difference, is now academic. The Voice is dead and buried but as I write this, the Prime Minister is using his usual style of obfuscation in fending off questions from the Opposition about the failed Referendum in the current Parliamentary sittings.

But it doesn't have to be the end of the story. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders already have 11 voices in Federal Parliament, including brilliant No campaigner Senator Jacinta Price and her colleague Senator Kerrynne Liddle who have real experience living among aboriginal people and have renewed calls for an inquiry into the massive funding discrepancies.

Senator Price, who is the equivalent of Xena Warrior Princess when compared to her Labor opponents, made an impassioned speech on poll night, where she emphasised Australia is not a racist country andcalled for a "new era" in Indigenous politics.

She advocated an end to "academics and activists" thinking they knew better than people on the ground in remote communities and explained that a new way of thinking was required.

"We should not maintain the racism of low expectations in this country,'' she said. "We are all part of the fabric of this nation."

Senator Price said she wanted to thank the Australian people for "believing in our nation".

The Australian people have overwhelmingly voted No. They have said No to division in our Constitution along the lines of race..

They have said No to the gas-lighting, bullying, to the manipulation. They have said No to grievance and the push from activists to suggest that we are a racist country when we are absolutely not a racist country…

It's time to heal the division and move on pro-actively, just as she suggests.