No campaigners including Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Nyunggai Warren Mundine emerged as persuasive public figures.
The PM called for a “new national purpose” to tackle Indigenous disadvantage after 59 per cent of voters rejected the Voice.
Australia is the loser from a bruising debate that gave voters an “all or nothing” choice and squandered the chance for a unifying resolution on Indigenous recognition.
The prime minister urged voters to be on the “right side of history”,as leading Indigenous Voice advocates delivered a grim message that reconciliation was on the line.
Controversial No campaigner Gary Johns plans to reinvent his anti-Voice outfit Recognise a Better Way as a charity called Close the Gap Research after the referendum.
The Yes camp says it will put local Indigenous leaders front and centre in its final week push,as the No camp grows increasingly confident of securing victory.
Leading Voice advocate Professor Megan Davis says the Yes campaign’s biggest challenge is “the perception that black people are divided”.
A John Farnham soundtrack and a polished advertisement fronted by a young Indigenous boy may be emotive,but they aren’t enough to convince us to vote yes.
Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney will use a speech in Perth to highlight precise examples of how she would work with the Voice to improve wasteful programs.
The opposition leader’s comments deepened the rift among No campaigners over treaties a day after Warren Mundine backed the idea.
The Yes camp will use rallies for 50,000 people and concerts in capital cities on Sunday to try and draw a line under a messy fortnight in the Voice campaign.