Australia's main opposition party on Wednesday decided to oppose the government's model for constitutional recognition of Indigenous people in a development that appears to doom the prospects of a successful referendum this year.
A referendum has not succeeded in changing Australia's Constitution since 1977, and bipartisan support of the major political parties is widely regarded as a prerequisite for success.
Senior Liberal lawmakers would campaign for a "no" vote when Australians are expected to decide at a referendum whether to enshrine the Voice in the constitution sometime between October and December, Dutton said. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said the Liberal Party's stance made the constitutional change more difficult to achieve.
Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney, the first Indigenous woman to fill the role, stood by the wording of the referendum questions and expressed confidence that the referendum would succeed. A poll published in The Australian newspaper on Wednesday found that 54 per cent of respondents supported the Voice proposition and 38 per cent opposed it. The poll was based on a survey of 4,756 voters between Feb. 1 and April 3. It has a less than 3 percentage point margin of error.Indigenous Australians from the Torres Strait archipelago, off the northeast coast, are culturally distinct from the mainland Aboriginal population. The two peoples account for 3.
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