Exclusive: Labor powerbroker Don Farrell says there will be no impact on Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s leadership if he loses the Voice referendum to be held later this year.
For the referendum to succeed, the majority of voters inAlbanese has faced criticism from the opposition, which is campaigning against enshrining a Voice to parliament in the Constitution, for not providing detail about how the Indigenous advisory body would work in practice.
And despite concern within Labor’s ranks about Albanese’s campaigning ability, having narrowly won the last election with a two-seat majority against the unpopular incumbent Scott Morrison, Farrell praised the prime minister.“I fully support what he did in bringing the Labor Party right to the centre of where it needs to be to win the election.”
Asked if failing to win the referendum would have any impact on Albanese’s leadership, Farrell was emphatic.“Referendums are notoriously difficult to get up in Australia. And the last referendum presented by a Labor government to get up? You’ve got to go back to the 1940s, so it was a long time ago. “So, he has been ambitious, but I give him credit for nailing his colours to the mast on this, and prosecuting this argument and being an optimist ... I’m hopeful that the Voice will succeed.”
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