The Results of the Vote

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.