Nationals Leader David Littleproud believes the Voice to parliament referendum would have passed, if the question on the ballot had been framed differently.
Littleproud told Weekend Today the question should have been about constitutional recognition, saying voters wanted a different proposition.
The Voice to parliament referendum failed to pass last night, with all states and territories, except for the ACT, producing a majority No vote.
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"If it was just about constitutional recognition I think it would have been a totally different result," Littleproud said.
"Australian people always get it right."
The Nationals leader said politicians needed a "different approach" to assist rural and regional communities.
"What the Australian people want as politicians, is to where there is deficit in the gap, that we close it and use common sense and the generosity of spirit, not only through spirit but financial support," he said.
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"(We need to) make sure it's being spent properly and in the right areas that's rural and remote areas, where 20 per cent have an Indigenous population.
"Let's do something different, we need to make sure we get bureaucrats out of Canberra and into the communities."
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed media last night, saying the defeat of the referendum was not "the end of the road" for attempts to address the disadvantages facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
"The issues we sought to address have not gone away, and neither have the people of goodwill and good heart who want to address them," he said.
