Warren Mundine and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Only Victoria and Tasmania indicated majority support for a Yes vote in the historic referendum,which is due in the final quarter of the year,and the Tasmanian figure was derived from a small sample of voters.
In a clear sign of the growing confidence of the No camp,prominent campaigner Warren Mundine said he wanted to unite the country and win over all six states and the national vote to the No side,but it wasn’t necessary.
“No,we don’t need Victoria,” Mundine said,before adding “it would be nice to have”.
“We were trying to campaign to get the three states,now it has gone to four states ... after visiting Victoria[in the next week] I’m going to Tasmania. I want to win that state as well.”
“I want to make sure the polls are not close,I want a more united Australia,so that means I want a larger margin of victory.”
The Yes campaign must secure a double majority of four out of six states and a majority in the national vote to successfully pass the Voice referendum,but popular support for the proposal,which would create an independent body to advise the government of the day on policy matters relating to Indigenous Australians,has beenslipping for months across Australia.