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On 21 May 2022, the Australian Labor Party won government, with party leader Anthony Albanese becoming Prime Minister.During his victory speech, Albanese committed to holding a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in his government's first term of office, acting on the 2017 request of Indigenous leaders for such a body made with the Uluru Statement from the Heart.
NSW Liberal Party – while former leader and former premier Dominic Perrottet supported the Voice, the current leader, Mark Speakman, endorses a Yes vote but will not actively campaign for a Yes vote and members of the NSW Liberal Party will be given a conscience vote on the issue. [560] [561]
The study also found that the majority of people who speak English as a second language voted No. [7] Ethnic communities were, throughout the campaign, a key demographic for both the Yes and No camps. [8] The vote for the Voice in suburbs with high ethnic populations was split, with election analyst Ben Raue identifying some surprising trends ...
Of Australia’s population of 26 million, 17,676,347 are enrolled to vote in the referendum. Early voting will begin on Monday at remote and far-flung Outback locations.
These results have been cited by Yes campaign figures, including Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, as evidence for broad Indigenous support for the Voice. [ 3 ] The ABC conducted a review of Indigenous-specific polling in August 2023, consulting with polling experts Kevin Bonham, William Bowe, and Simon Jackman.
Viewers can either vote via SMS (by texting the name of the celebrity to 1995 1010) or vote via Social Media (namely Facebook or Twitter) by using the celebrity's hashtag (#celeb[name]). Voting via social media is limited to 20 votes per account. For tucker trial voting, viewers vote for celebrity they wish to compete.
While The West Australian tipped a 53% 'no' vote, The Sunday Times, which conducted an online poll via its PerthNow portal, tipped a 53% 'yes' vote. [ 21 ] [ 22 ] The Premier of Western Australia Colin Barnett did not declare which way he would vote until the day of the referendum, when he said that he had voted yes, but that a no vote was the ...
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