Indigenous Voice to Parliament: Yes activist Noel Pearson hints at when Australian referendum can finally be held
- Noel Pearson hinted at the date of the Voice referendum
- Yes, the activist said that it could happen in a few months.
A key figure in the Yes campaign has given a major clue as to when Australians will vote in the next referendum, pointing to a possible weekend in October or November, after the AFL and NRL grand finals.
As it stands, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has not announced a date for the referendum that will ask voters if they approve of amending the Constitution to “recognize Australia’s First Peoples through the establishment of an Aboriginal and Strait Islander Voice”. Towers”.
However, while attending a campaign event in Sydney for the Yes23 campaign on Sunday, voice architect Noel Pearson said he believed Australians would go to the polls in November.
However, while attending a campaign event in Sydney for the Yes23 campaign on Sunday, voice architect Noel Pearson said he believed Australians would go to the polls in November.
“Our constitution says that once you take it out of the hands of the politicians, you have to have the referendum no later than six months and not earlier than two months from that date,” he said.
“That means that (October to November) will be the last chance to have the referendum and I’m sure the government will announce one of those weekends.”
Pearson also dismissed calls to delay the referendum until next year, labeling it “just a furphy.”
“It’s just a distraction for people to talk about pushing back the referendum date,” he said.
Earlier this month, Liberal Senator Andrew Bragg, who called for a yes vote, told 2GB he believed further campaigning would raise hopes that the referendum would “build bipartisan support”.
He also advocated setting up a strengthened committee to work for about five months, to hone the legal and constitutional details of the proposed amendment. The referendum would then be held “in the middle of next year.”
‘I’m afraid the process has not produced enough consensus to get a Yes vote. And I think it would be worth recalibrating at this stage, to salvage the concept and achieve a successful referendum,’ he said.
Pearson also dismissed calls to delay the referendum until next year, labeling it “just a furphy”.
However, Pearson disagreed, saying he had “a lot of confidence” in voters that the Yes campaign would strike a chord with voters before October or November.
“I don’t think it is in the interest of the country that a referendum on reconciliation is defeated.”
However, Pearson disagreed, saying he had “a lot of confidence” in voters that the Yes campaign would strike a chord with voters before October or November.
“I’m very confident that the campaign will get the message out to the people by then, that’s the size of two or three election campaigns in terms of time,” he said.
“So I think it’s going to be enough for Australians to understand what this vote is about.”
According to the latest Newspoll that measures sentiment towards the voice referendum, the vote in favor fell to 41 percent in July, and the vote against rose to 48 percent.
11 percent of the 1,570 people surveyed said they were undecided.
