Migrants will be the ones to decide whether the constitution should be changed to include an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, says Sky News host Paul Murray.
“According to the census, there are more than seven and a half million Australians that were born somewhere else,” Mr Murray said.
Mr Murray said there were 17 electorates that voted ‘No’ in the same-sex marriage plebiscite a few years ago and most of the ones that voted ‘No’ had a “significant migrant population”. “We certainly know that there is a different relationship between multi-generational Australians and new Australians as to the questions around things like Australia Day and of course the wide issues about whether or not there need to be Indigenous recognition in the constitution,” he said.
“So all polls still point to the idea that ‘Yes’ will win but if ‘Yes’ it doesn’t, or if it’s close, don’t be surprised if the communities of colour are the ones who made it so.”
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