Nat Barr loses it at Anthony Albanese’s government after the failed voice referendum – and exposes the four things they got wrong: ‘Dismal failure’

Natalie Barr has blasted the Albanian government over the failed Voice for Parliament referendum, saying $400 million of taxpayers’ money has now gone ‘down the drain’.

Barr joined Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek and former deputy prime minister Barnaby Joyce on Sunrise on Monday morning after Australia voted No to include an Indigenous Voice in the constitution.

‘How did the government do it so badly?’ Barr asked Ms. Plibersek.

Ms Plibersek said there needed to be time to ‘consider the consequences’ of the referendum and determine a constructive way forward.

“Something, your government, hang its hat on it, has gone horribly wrong in this whole country. It was a disappearance. So what do you learn from this?’ Barr then asked.

‘$400 million in the end for something people said ‘nup’.’

The environment minister admitted it was a disappointing result, while adding there was “a lot of goodwill” among Australians to close the gap between Indigenous Australians and non-Indigenous people in terms of health and life expectancy.

“It’s important to take some time and let the dust settle on this and really think about our next steps to make sure we’re working in a way that brings Australians together to reduce disadvantage in this country,” she said. said.

Joyce called the referendum a ‘divisive debacle’ and said many Australians were more concerned about the rising cost of living.

“The Prime Minister read his inner suburban Grayndler headquarters perfectly and he misread the Australian headquarters,” he said.

Natalie Barr has blasted the Albanian government over the failed Voice for Parliament referendum, saying $400 million of taxpayers’ money has now gone “down the drain”.

The Voice of Parliament referendum seeking to include an indigenous body to inform the government in the Constitution was soundly defeated in every state on Saturday.

The ACT was the only state or territory with a majority of Yes votes.

“Why didn’t you pull it when it became really clear it wasn’t going to take off?” Barr asked Plibersek, who then said the government had wanted to keep its election commitments.

The Sunrise presenter then took aim at Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, saying the Voice was a “miserable failure” and asking who was to blame.

Marles said it was not a question of who was to blame, adding that the government respected the Australians’ decision.

“We are not going to go ahead with constitutional reform now, that is clearly what has been expressed by the Australian people,” he said.

“I think going forward, our focus should be on making an even greater effort to close the gap and to reconcile.”

But Barr demanded the government acknowledge the failures of the Yes campaign

“How can you say this is anything but a massive failure of your government, you hang your hat on it,” she said.

“You failed to explain it, you failed to allay people’s fears about land seizure, over payments, you failed to even explain what it would do to Aboriginal people in this country.”

Every state in Australia returned a No result on Saturday night, with Queensland seeing the Voice’s strongest rejection of any state or territory. The darker the red, the bigger the No vote. Blue represents countries that voted Yes

Mr Marles then said he hoped the government had explained the Voice to which Barr interrupted.

“I don’t think you did at all, I don’t think anyone thinks you explained,” she said.

‘Why didn’t you call him? When you knew this was going to fail, once (Opposition Leader Peter Dutton) withdrew support and you knew how difficult it was, why didn’t you withdraw it?’

Marles said Mr Dutton had not stopped the government from pursuing the referendum.

“The Australian people have responded and we respect that response and we now move forward and we move forward with an increased effort to close the gap,” he said.