The promise of a bipartisan committee to design the Voice, if voters say Yes on October 14, has fallen flat with the Coalition.
Peter Dutton says the Coalition will respect the outcome of the Indigenous Voice referendum, but accused Anthony Albanese of “11th hour desperation” inRemote voting will get under way on Tuesday as the Australian Electoral Commission takes specialist teams to the Tiwi Islands to help residents have their say in the first referendum vote in nearly a quarter of a century, before general early voting starts on October 2.
But the opposition leader slammed the promise, blaming Mr Albanese for turning opinion polls against the plan for Indigenous constitutional recognition and consultation on policy.“Let’s be very frank about it; the prime minister is playing political games here,” Mr Dutton said while campaigning in Moree on Monday.
Despite Labor’s blanket support for the Voice, 31 per cent of Labor voters said they plan to vote No, while just 51 per cent will vote Yes.Opposition to the Voice was at 56 per cent in Monday’s Newspoll, conducted forDuring a visit to the battleground state of South Australia, Mr Albanese said the government would continue to make the case for a Yes vote.
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