Western Sydney often makes or breaks federal governments at elections. Now, during the lead-up to the referendum, some communities are saying the Voice is not a priority for them, or that there’s not enough information.
abc.net.au/news/the-debate-over-the-voice-in-western-sydney-730/102855090If Dai Le's inbox is anything to go by then the Yes campaign is looking shaky in her electorate of Fowler in Sydney's south-west.
While Yes campaigners say the Voice is about love, do voters in Western Sydney really feel a connection to the Indigenous community? Another said: "The things that happened to haven't been set straight. I'm not too sure yet, I do need to do more research about it before I make a decision."The cost of living is crunching voters at the end of the train line in the electorate of Greenway in Sydney's north-west.
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