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Barker has highest No vote

Oct 24, 2023 | Article, Local Council, This Week's Issue

By Chris Oldfield
LOCAL polling booths returned a massive No vote to the Prime Minister’s recent $364 million referendum. The Barker electorate posted the highest percentage of No votes in the state with 82,025 people, or 78.72 percent rejecting a change to the constitution. The electorate of Grey taking in the northern areas of the […]

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