Prime minister confirms AFL, NRL and cricket stars are lined up for ad blitz, and he expects businesses and faith groups to add support
He accused Dutton of seeking to undermine and sow doubt about the referendum, rebuffing several questions about whether the government would offer any substantial changes to their voice proposal in a bid to win Coalition support.
Of 44 referendums proposed in Australia, just eight have passed. A referendum requires a national majority of voters to vote yes, and also a majority of voters in a majority of states, in order to change the constitution. None have passed without bipartisan support from both major parties, but Albanese claimed this record could be broken, pointing to more recent political history.
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