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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Katharine Murphy

Peter Dutton, both prophet and protagonist, has made his division manifest

Peter Dutton and Anthony Albanese
Both Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton are now positioning for the most likely result – a defeat of the constitutionally enshrined First Nations advisory body. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The latest Guardian Essential poll records the first positive shift towards a yes vote in many months.

But no remains doggedly in front, and strategists remain pessimistic that Australians will rally behind the Indigenous voice to parliament in sufficient numbers to carry the day on 14 October.

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