Ahead of Saturday’s referendum on an Indigenous Voice to parliament, Queensland has become the state where people are most likely to vote No.
Support for the Indigenous Voice continues to slide in Queensland and is now lower than in any other state, as the campaign enters its final days before Saturday’s historic national vote.
After Queensland, Western Australia has the next hardest No vote, with only 39 per cent of respondents saying they will vote for change. Tasmania was the only state with a Yes majority . One of several Voice signs along one of the Bardon terraces, in Brisbane’s inner-west, on the Sunday before the referendum.Resolve Strategic director Jim Reed said Queensland was the first state to register a majority No vote in the polls.
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