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'Keep the faith': Voice to Parliament architects remain hopeful as poll shows referendum support falling
By Daniel Jeffrey
4:42pm Jun 13, 2023
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Some of the leading architects of the proposed
Indigenous Voice to Parliament have urged Australians to keep the faith even as support for the body has slid below majority levels for the first time.
According to a Resolve poll published in the Sydney Morning Herald yesterday , three states (WA, SA and Queensland) would vote "no" in the referendum if it was held today, while only 49 per cent of Australians would cast a ballot in favour of the constitutional change.
Responding to the poll, Pat Anderson and Megan Davis, the co-chairs of the Uluru Dialogue, said they remain heartened by their meetings with people around the country.
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Despite declining support for the Voice to Parliament, Pat Anderson and Megan Davis say they had been heartened by their meetings with people around the country. (Supplied)
"The Uluru Dialogue takes its biggest cues from the countless meetings and conversations we're having on the ground with both First Nations people and non-Indigenous Australians – the very people to whom the Uluru Statement was issued as an invitation to walk together," they said.
"We're so heartened by those conversations with regards to recognition through a Constitutionally enshrined Voice, and our faith in the Australian people remains as strong as ever."
Support for the Voice, according to Resolve, has dropped from 64 per cent last September, and has fallen by nine per cent in the last three months alone, leading to calls for the Yes campaign to undergo an overhaul before this year's vote.
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Davis (right) at parliament when the wording for the referendum was announced. (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Anderson and Davis, however, said outlining the nature and benefits of the proposed advisory body was a compelling argument.
"We are finding that when we sit down with people and explain the difference that the Voice will make – where so many other initiatives and ideas devised within the Canberra bubble have failed – they are more than ready to vote Yes," the co-chairs said.
"A First Nations Voice will make the difference between the completely unacceptable status quo and a brighter, more optimistic future.
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"A successful referendum based upon openness and respect will unify the nation.
"Keep the faith... history is calling."
Noel Pearson, another one of the Voice's architects, yesterday called for the Voice's proponents to focus more on the importance of reconciliation and constitutional recognition, rather than the Voice itself, to boost the referendum's chances of passing.
The Senate still needs to vote on the wording of the referendum this fortnight before a date for the vote is set.
Any referendum requires a majority of both people and states to vote in favour of the constitutional amendment for it to pass.
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