Former Advisor to John Howard, Peter McGauran, says the Labor Government “should be” concerned as a recent poll revealed support for the Voice to Parliament has dropped.
“I think the yes campaign … have had a reality check that this is not going to be a landslide vote in support of the voice,” Mr McGauran told Sky News Australia.“It’s still too generalised; people still don’t understand how it will operate.
“The concrete benefits for changing the constitution … haven’t yet been enunciated. They’ve got five months to go, but at this stage, they should be genuinely concerned, and I’m sure they are.”
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