Dutton is targeting Labor's red wall as Voice redraws electoral map
The Voice referendum result poses risks for both Labor and the Liberal Party in their traditional stronghold electorates.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese now faces the risk that the Voice referendum, like Brexit, redraws the electoral map.
The divisive 2016 referendum in Britain changed that country’s politics, allowing Boris Johnson three years later to penetrate Labour’s “red wall” by appealing to working-class Leave voters in northern seats.
On Saturday night, Albanese saw Australian Labor’s suburban red wall collapse with 58 of the party’s 77 seats returning a majority No vote. Of the 19 Labor electorates which recorded a Yes vote, only two were not in the inner-city.
It is debatable whether the Voice result is a seismic national event in the mould of Brexit, especially for non-Indigenous Australians.
