‘It’s a secret ballot’: Warren Mundine addresses 400 people at Albury-Wodonga no campaign event

Warren Mundine, who leads the no campaign group Recognise a Better Way, spoke on Sunday about the Indigenous voice to parliament. Photograph: Carly Earl/The Guardian

Warren Mundine has told a community forum in Albury-Wodonga that social division was likely no matter the result of the referendum on the Indigenous voice to parliament, and urged no-voters to remember that they do not have to tell anyone how they plan to vote.

Mundine, who leads the no campaign group Recognise a Better Way, spoke to 400 people at the forum hosted by conservative Christian lobby group the National Civic Council at the Cube in Wodonga on Sunday. The crowd matched the size of a yes campaign event hosted by Indi MP Helen Haines with minister for Indigenous Australians, Linda Burney, last week.