Having made a hot mess of the referendum, Albanese is now offering to work with the opposition in the unlikely event the Yes case wins. It’s all a year too late.
As referendum day approaches, the only nice thing the polls reveal about the chance of success for the Voice is that its rate of decline is no longer accelerating.
The list of experts includes Father Frank Brennan, a former member of the senior advisory group; Murray Gleeson, a former High Court chief justice; Bill Shorten, a former ALP opposition leader; and Noel Pearson as recently as March 17, 2021,This legislative and consultative process could have proceeded with varying levels of active support from Labor, the Liberals, the teals and Greens.
Albanese, however, had selfies to collect and heights to scale. On November 11, he attended the East Asian Summit, the ASEAN Summit and the second Annual ASEAN-Australia Summit, followed by the G20 Summit and the 29th APEC Summit, ending on November 19. Brennan wrote: “The tragedy I am wanting to avoid is a No vote carried because of flaws in the process resulting in a lack of time for real community engagement and for proper legal analysis.”
Support for Yes has fallen steadily ever since, nudging 40 per cent in the latest polls. If you put down a dollar to back the No case, you could win just 16 cents. The same dollar put down for New Zealand Labour could win you 15 cents. October 14 is not looking good on either side of the Tasman.
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