Pauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

Whatever may be said about the Voice to Parliament referendum, one thing is clear: the 'no' campaign may have won, but the real winners were equality and Australian democracy. This referendum showed the world that it's not governments, corporations or activists who hold power in this nation. It's the Australian people.

On the weekend, we voted overwhelmingly in favour of equal citizenship and against racial inequality. It was most definitely not a rejection of Indigenous Australians. It was a rejection of racial separatism, racial exceptionalism, constitutional activism and grievance and identity politics. Australians have decided these have no place in our Constitution.

One Nation led the way on this most important national decision. We were the first party to declare for the 'no' vote on principle. We were advocating against the Voice from the beginning and we made telling contributions to the debate. However, the best promoters of the 'no' vote ended up being the leaders of the 'yes' campaign: Marcia Langton, Noel Pearson, Megan Davis, Thomas Mayo, Linda Burney and our Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Their statements—