Media must not confuse voters about Indigenous support for voice, Anthony Albanese says

Anthony Albanese shakes hands with an Aboriginal leader at Parliament House last week. He said Indigenous leaders have been campaigning for the voice for years. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Anthony Albanese has suggested the media has a “responsibility” not to confuse voters about support for the voice among First Nations people, arguing that Indigenous critics are outnumbered by supporters.

The prime minister told ABC Coffs Coast radio that Indigenous leaders have been campaigning for the voice “for a long period of time” as their preferred model of constitutional recognition.