‘Abysmal’ SA Voice vote turnout shows Indigenous people ‘aren’t interested’

Sky News host Rita Panahi claims the “abysmal” voter turnout for the South Australian Voice shows Indigenous people “aren’t interested” in the state-based body. Less than 10 per cent of approximately 30,000 Indigenous people voted in the voice elections late last month. According to The Weekend Australian, senior SA Liberals believe the low voter turnout in the voice elections should compel the party to go to the 2026 state election promising to scrap it. The Liberals’ current position is to review the voice to see if it is working with the option of repealing it. “They are far more likely to vote in state, federal, council elections than they are for these bodies, which tells you it is the activist class who wants this,” Ms Panahi said.