The treasurer says it will be difficult to convince his home state to back the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
Jim Chalmers says it will be 'especially hard' to get the 'right outcome' on the Voice in Queensland.A Coalition senator says plummeting support for the Voice is the result of Labor's 'trickery'.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will announce the referendum date, expected to be 14 October, in the key battleground state of South Australia next week.Bianca De Marchi "I'm confident that we can get the right outcome here when it comes to the Voice referendum, but it'll be really hard," he said.Queensland loss would leave Yes camp with narrow path
In that scenario, one of NSW, Tasmania, SA or Victoria voting against the Voice would sink the proposal, even if an overall majority of Australians backed it.Dan Himbrechts
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