Indigenous voice defeat doesn’t mean voters want assimilation, Albanese says

PM says he hopes there's a retreat from rhetorical positions' on social issues, adding family violence is not confined to one section of the population'

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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, says the government will push back" on Coalition calls to promote assimilation of Indigenous communities in the wake of the voice referendum, saying the vote's defeat is not an endorsement of such policies.

Albanese also appeared to take a swipe at the Coalition's calls for inquiries into social issues in Indigenous communities, saying family violence is not confined to one section of the population".

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