Five insights from the referendum: Liberals win the battle but lose the war

Saturday’s referendum vote reinforces sense that contemporary Liberal party has decoupled from its blue-ribbon metropolitan heartland

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Australians have just voted in the first referendum this century and an analysis of voting patterns from Saturday night provides some valuable insights.

Here are five things we learned from looking closely at the results.