Pockets of Casey defied the national mood against the proposed Voice to Parliament in the 14 October national referendum.
Nationally, the majority of voters in every Australian state emphatically chose ‘No’ to enshrining an indigenous advisory voice to Parliament in Australia’s Constitution.
Overall, 60.5 per cent voted against the proposal.
Victoria recorded the highest ‘Yes’ vote across the states with 45 per cent.
Voters in Bruce voted 42 per cent in favour of the Voice while the more inner-suburban Hotham (49 per cent ‘Yes’) and Isaacs electorates (50 per cent ‘Yes’) were evenly divided.
In Bruce, there were a number of booths which were marginally pro-Voice, including 52.9 per cent Yes votes at Doveton College, 50.9 per cent Yes votes recorded at the Timbarra Community Centre booth in Berwick and 50.8 per cent at Hallam Primary School.
Across Bruce, the majority of booths recorded strong No vote proportions, including at Narre Warren North Primary School (69.2 per cent), Merinda Park Learning and Community Centre (62.7 per cent) and Southern Cross Primary School in Endeavour Hills (56.7 per cent)
In Holt, 43.9 per cent voted in support of the Voice while 56.1 per cent voted against the Voice.
Majority ‘Yes’ votes were recorded at booths in Lyndhurst (54 per cent), Casey Fields (52.2 per cent) and Cranbourne North (51.9 per cent).
The strongest pro-No votes were at booths in Tooradin (73.5 per cent), Pearcedale (68.5 per cent) and Botanic Ridge (61.5 per cent).
Labor MPs Julian Hill and Cassandra Fernando also publicly backed the ‘Yes’ campaign.
