The Voice referendum: Indigenous man reveals why he is voting no trends now
A First Nations man has explained the major reason why he will be voting no in the voice.
Australians will be asked to vote in sometime between October and December on whether to alter the Constitution to enshrine an Indigenous advisory body to Parliament.
In a clip from a television interview, the Indigenous man said a small representative group wouldn't be able to speak for all First Nations people.
'We are voting no because it's not something we chose to do. We are our own individual voices,' he said.
'Every tribe has their own individual voice, you can't talk for anybody else's because you don't own their land.'
Australian Prime Minister and 'vote yes' advocate Anthony Albanese during the Garma Festival at Gulkula in July 2022 at East Arnhem, Australia
The clip sparked a wave of comments unsurprisingly in support of the man's position from the channel's viewers.
'Well put, thank you for your voice, I will be voting No,' one person said.
'This whole campaign is creating division between indigenous and non-indigenous people, it's causing so much harm,' another said.
Campaigns are ramping up from both the yes and no sides ahead of the referendum.
The 'yes' vote to enshrine an Indigenous voice to parliament in the Constitution continues to lead those who say they'll vote 'no', though support has ebbed in recent months, the prime minister says.
The Indigenous man said The Voice wouldn't speak for tribes who 'have their own voice'
Anthony Albanese made the call as new polling showed the 'yes' vote has fallen to 46 per cent, from 51 per cent in February, ahead of a national referendum to be held later this year.
The 'no' vote has risen to 43 per cent, from 36 per cent four months ago, with about 11 per cent of voters undecided, the JWS Research poll published on Friday found.
JWS pointed to a significant increase in the 'no' vote among voters aged 35 years or over and among those living in NSW, Victoria and Queensland.
'There's a different poll every day,' Mr Albanese told reporters in Sydney on Saturday.
'Every poll, including the one that was mentioned today, of course, has the 'yes' vote higher than the 'no' vote.
'Australians will make up their own minds and I encourage Australians to have a look at the wording that's put forward, and to talk with First Nations people as well.'
Meanwhile, an Ipsos poll in January commissioned by the Uluru Dialogue found that 80 per cent of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians support a Voice enshrined
