Come On Tasmania, Say “No!” You Know You Want To! By James Reed
The good news is that present all states except Tasmania look like going for the No side to knock over the highly divisive Voice referendum. I am surprised at Tasmania though; if anything, I thought some woke state like my own Victoria would go Yes. But, it is a survey, and it is only as good as the input data, that is, the numbers looked at, and such surveys are most often wrong. That cuts both ways too, and we should not rest up now, as we do not really know the state of play of the Voice until the fat lady sings. Ops, are we still allowed to use that old saying about the valkyrie Brünnhilde from Wagner's opera cycle Der Ring des Nibelungen ? Probably not; Wagner was white you know.
“Voters have continued to turn against an Indigenous voice to parliament with overall support sliding to new lows and every state except Tasmania poised to vote 'no'.
The most recent Resolve Political Monitor survey, published in Nine newspapers on Monday, showed 43 per cent of voters supported a plan to enshrine an Indigenous voice into the constitution, down 20 percentage points from a year ago.
The percentage of Australians in favour of the referendum has dropped for the fifth month in a row and since the last survey Victoria has flipped to a majority 'no' state, leaving Tasmania the only jurisdiction left in the 'yes' camp.
For the voice to succeed, the 'yes' campaign will require more than 50 per cent of the vote across the nation and in four of the six states.
Asked about the falling support, Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said there were still many undecided voters who could be convinced.
"We're going to ask them to vote 'yes' because this acknowledges 65,000 years of Australian history," she told Seven's Sunrise on Monday.
"This idea came from Aboriginal people, well over 80 per cent of them support it. This is not a committee that has a veto over parliament. It doesn't stop things happening.
"It is a committee to give advice, it really is a lot less scary than some of the 'no' campaign are making it out to be."”
As the above quotes indicate, the Yes side continues to push misinformation about the power of the Voice. The prime minister himself said that it would be a brave parliament that defied the Voice recommendations, and remember, the entire race guilt machinery of the UN will be mobilised as well.
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