Andrew Bolt says Anthony Albanese should QUIT over failed Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum – as Australia votes No

Andrew Bolt has called on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to resign after he was handed a heavy defeat in the Vote for Parliament referendum.

The conservative Sky News commentator asked Mr.

“I just wonder how Anthony Albanese can stay as prime minister,” Bolt said – adding at one point that he “must go”.

‘I mean he put us through this nightmare. He has lost almost 400 million dollars worth of taxpayers’ money (in the referendum).’

Sky News’ Andrew Bolt has called for Anthony Albanese to resign after a landslide defeat in the Vote for Parliament referendum, which he says has split the country.

The Yes campaign lost the referendum within 90 minutes as polling stations closed in all but Western Australia

Bolt said the result was ‘amazing’. “I think Australians have seen the mistakes of the Yes campaign.”

Fellow Conservative commentator Prue MacSween joined calls for Mr Albanese’s resignation, suggesting he should ‘consider his future as prime minister’ after large numbers of Labor voters turned against the prime minister.

Ms MacSween said that if Mr Albanese did not resign then Labor would not stand a chance at the next election.

“He might want to tough it out. To think that it will be business as usual, but Anthony Albanese must consider his future as prime minister”, she wrote.

“If he doesn’t, a lot of voters will. A large number of Labor seats voted NO.

“They have dismissed his judgement, his despicable deception of the Australian people, the fact that he showed us all contempt, refused to explain details (and) treated us all with contempt.”

Mr Albanese addressed reporters after the referendum failed and renewed his pledge to continue the fight for the rights of Indigenous Australians.

“While tonight’s result is not what I had hoped for, I absolutely respect the decision of the Australian people and the democratic process that produced it,” he said.

“When we reflect on everything that is happening in the world today, we can all be thankful that we make decisions peacefully and equally.

“We argued for this change not out of convenience, but out of conviction, because that’s what the people deserve from their government.

“When you do the hard things, when you aim high, sometimes you fail. And tonight we accept, understand and respect that we have. As prime minister I will always accept responsibility for the decisions I have made and I do so tonight.’

Prue MacSween said that if Mr Albanese did not resign, then voters would vote him out of office at the next election.

Commentators announced that the referendum had been lost within 90 minutes of polls closing before adding that most states and most Australians voted no.

In the 90 minutes after polls closed in all states and territories except Western Australia, the ABC has named New South Wales, Tasmania, South Australia, Queensland and Victoria as the no.

The “Yes” campaign failed to muster either of the majorities needed to pass the referendum.

Most states and most Australians voted No within two and a half hours of the polls closing.