Read the leaked letter from the Yes camp accusing Australians of committing a ‘shameful act’ after all six states rejected the Voice

An extraordinary draft letter has been leaked accusing Australians of a “shameful act” in voting out an Indigenous voice in Parliament.

The draft letter blamed the coalition, including Aboriginal senators Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Warren Nyunggai Mundine, for the loss but praised Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

However, indigenous leaders have not yet agreed on the wording of the open letter, which followed a “week of silence” after the referendum was defeated in all six states last Saturday.

Some prominent Yes campaigners, such as Mick Gooda, the co-chair of Queensland’s Interim Truth and Treaty Body, objected to the draft’s wording.

“The majority of Australians have committed a shameful act, whether consciously or not, and there is nothing positive to interpret from it,” the proposed letter said. Sydney Morning Herald reported.

“Only the shameless can say that this outcome is not a shame.”

It said the referendum was “doomed from the moment the National Party and then the Liberal Party said they would oppose it and bipartisanship was lost.”

It added that Nationals leader David Littleproud, Liberal leader Peter Dutton “and the political parties they lead are responsible for this outcome.”

The statement said the No votes from non-Indigenous Australians “who only came to our country in the last 235 years” were “so disgusting and mean-spirited as to be completely unbelievable a week later.”

There were also indigenous Australians were “hurt and dismayed by what they experience as the cruelty of the rejection of our peoples and the rejection of our efforts to pursue reconciliation in good faith.”

The latest draft, dated October 20, is one of several sent to around 50 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and organisations.

The statement claimed to represent “the collective insights and positions of (Indigenous) leaders, community members and organizations that supported the Yes campaign.”

It also suggested that the Uluru Declaration from the Heart – from which the referendum question was drawn – could be amended “to remove the purpose of enshrining the First Nations voice in the Constitution”.

However, the leaders of the Yes campaign are said to still be committed to the aims of the Uluru Declaration, namely Voice, Treaty, Truth, and would look at other ways to establish a representative body of the type set out in the referendum was defeated.

Many indigenous leaders have reportedly refused to sign the letter in its current form because they disagree with its tone and some of its content.

In addition to Mr Gooda, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Commissioner June Oscar and Coalition of the Peaks chair Pat Turner are also believed to have objected to some of the wording.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (pictured) was praised in the draft letter, which also thanked Australians who voted ‘yes’

The letter castigated Liberal Leader Peter Dutton (pictured) and said he was among those ‘responsible for this outcome’

The draft not only laid blame for the failure of the referendum, but also thanked the 39 percent of Australians who voted ‘yes’.

“We are confident that the increase in support from this referendum has fueled the fire for many to join us on our journey towards healing and justice. Our truths have been silenced for too long,” the report said.

While the draft letter praised the Prime Minister’s “gallantry in the campaign”, it also criticized his “attempt to acquit those who voted No”, saying Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk “and other similar cynics … not a single finger stood up for the campaign’.

It is not clear when the final document will be approved and released to the public.