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Opinion polls show Australians likely to reject Indigenous Voice to Parliament at referendum
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — Australians appear likely to reject the creation of an advocate for the Indigenous population in a referendum outcome that some see as a victory for racism.
Two opinion polls published in newspapers on Monday are the latest to show a majority of respondents oppose enshrining in Australia’s constitution an Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
They have worse outcomes on average than other Australians in a range of measures including health, employment, education, incarceration and suicide rates.
Human rights lawyer Geoffrey Robertson has warned that the referendum’s failure would be “interpreted by outsiders” as the “vote of an ignorant and racist populace.”
Noel Pearson, an Indigenous leader and architect of the Voice, said Australians face a “moral choice” at the referendum as a well as a question of constitutional law.
Opinion polls showed a majority of Australians supported the Voice when Albanese first proposed the referendum after his center-left Labor Party was elected last year.
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