Prime Minister Anthony Albanese remains optimistic about the Voice to Parliament succeeding at a referendum, while hitting out at critics who seek to push “misinformation” on social media.
The latest polling has found support for the Voice has fallen in recent months amid sustained attacks from
Opposition Peter Dutton has been a critic of the Voice to Parliament proposal, arguing it lacks detail. Picture: NCA NewsWire/Tara Croser. The nation’s premiers and chief ministers also gathered in Canberra on Friday for National Cabinet where they signed a"Statement of Intent" to support the constitutionally enshrined Voice.
However Megan Davis, a member of the Referendum Working Group, claims Mr Dutton didn’t even bring up the questions in Thursday’s meeting that he earlier said needed answering. “But moments of national decision, such as this referendum, are also an opportunity for our people to show their best qualities: their generosity, their sense of fairness, their optimism for the future.
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