The Country Liberal Party government, and its federal counterpart, supported the Yes case.

The result was widely interpreted as a personal rebuke to then Chief Minister Shane Stone.

Under the Australian Constitution, the Federal government may set the terms of entry to full statehood.

The Northern Territory was offered three Senators, rather than the twelve guaranteed to original states.

[3] Stephen Hatton later said "one of the campaign slogans at the time was, we want statehood, not Stonehood".