Voice referendum results LIVE: Staggering blow to the Yes campaign as ABC election guru Antony Green says he’s ‘confident’ No has won TWO key swing states – after polls closed in NSW, Victoria, Tasmania and the ACT
Sky News, ABC and NITV will have the most extensive coverage of the vote and the fallout on Saturday night.
Sky’s ‘in-depth’ referendum coverage kicked off at 5pm, anchored by Kieran Gilbert, with political editor Andrew Clennell and Chris Kenny and Peta Credlin to join on a panel.
They will be joined by Communications Minister Michelle Rowland, Nationals Leader David Littleproud, Indigenous affairs commentator Anthony Dillon, former Labor MP Stephen Conroy and co-convener of Liberals for Yes Sean Gordon.
The ABC is moving it’s traditional news slot to an earlier time of 5pm in order to start its rolling coverage from 5.30pm AEDT as live results flow in from across the country.
The program will be anchored by Bridget Brennan, David Speers and Dan Bourchier who will be joined by chief election analyst Antony Green and Chief Political Correspondent Laura Tingle who will give analysis of the results as they come in.
Journalists Patricia Karvelas and Isabella Higgins will also add to the coverage, promising to look at ‘both sides of the vote’.
SBS World News will hold its regular 6.30pm AEDT spot but presenter Anton Enus will be joined by Mudburra and Wagadagam woman Natalie Ahmat.
From 7.30pm, the channel will broadcast a two-hour live special of The Point: Australia Decides, to be presented by Wuthathi and Meriam man John Paul Janke and Whadjuk Noongar woman Narelda Jacobs.
They will be joined for discussion by a panel of guests including Professor Marcia Langton, Nationals MP Barnaby Joyce, former Senator and Olympian Nova Peris, Minister for Social Services Amanda Rishworth, and Tasmanian Liberal MP Bridget Archer, and more.
Channels 7 and 9 will each dedicate a 30 minute slot to the Voice.
