Anthony Albanese has pleaded with Australians to join hands “in the spirit of reconciliation” as a new poll underlines the huge generational divide over the referendum.
As early voting begins for the Voice proposal, new polls have revealed there’s only one age group of voters that are overwhelmingly backing the proposal.
“It’s become an inner urban thing. You go into the inner suburbs and there’s lots of support for the Voice. That’s in areas where the politics of identity are popular,’’ he said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese campaigned in Victoria today insisting that the No case is based on “a great big fear campaign about things that have nothing to do with this referendum”.Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese. Picture: NCA Newswire / Nicki Connolly
“And if people focus on that, I think overwhelmingly people will vote Yes. And when people wake up on October the 15th, they will feel the same way with the Yes vote that they did after the apology to Stolen Generations or after the marriage equality vote. All the fear campaigns will have no substance.”Mr Albanese said the outcome of a Yes vote was simply about recognising First Nation Australian peoples in the country’s constitution.
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