A new campaign will aim to persuade women in Asian, Greek and Italian communities to support the Yes side, while the Opposition Leader Peter has warned the Voice would undermine equality for multicultural communities.
Advocates for the Indigenous Voice will issue a new appeal to multicultural Australians to back the proposal amid signs that 18 per cent of non-Anglo voters are yet to decide their position on the October 14 referendum.
The Voice gained formal support from 120 peak ethnic groups in May when the Federation of Ethnic Communities’ Councils of Australia backed the proposal, although recent surveys suggest the support has waned among voters., conducted for this masthead by research company Resolve Strategic, found last month that support for the Voice was 41 per cent among voters from Anglo backgrounds and 43 per cent among other voters who were given a “yes or no” choice about the proposal.
Speaking to the media at a press conference organised at a Perth cafe run by Vietnamese migrants, Dutton hailed the success and work ethic of the shop’s owners and repeated his claim the Voice would divide the country along racial lines.