Nov 6 – 8.15pm
It is now clear that both referendum proposals have been defeated.
The Republic has about 47% of the vote, whilst the Preamble has 41%. Victoria is the only State where the YES vote stands a chance of reaching 50% – currently the figure is 49.71%.
8.00pm – With 45% of the vote counted, but still no results from Western Australia, where voting continues, the YES vote on the republic is 47%, NO 53%.
The Preamble is sitting on NO 58.9%, YES 41.1%.