Anthony Albanese remains confident of a successful Voice referendum despite a swing against the proposal in recent polls.
A 'No' vote to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament leads nation-wide support for the first time, according to a 2303 person gauging from Newspoll.
Polling between June 16 and June 24 shows Queensland, South Australia, Western Australia and Tasmania opposed the Voice.
At present, according to the poll, the Voice would fail to pass with a double majority - that is; a support from a majority of voters across the country within the majority of states to make the constitutional change.
New South Wales and Victoria returned figures of support.
Queensland returned the largest support 54-40 per cent preference for the 'No' vote with just 6 per cent undecided.
Since the beginning of June the opposition to the Voice has risen four points to 47 per cent nation-wide in comparison backing the proposal.
Political alignment continues to present a key indication of the public's positioning.
71 percent of Coalition supporters voted 'No', while Labor and Greens supporters overwhelmingly voted 'Yes'.
Support tails off with age from 63 per cent in the 18-34 bracket to just 29 per cent in voters 65-plus.
Metro areas show a 45-44 split with slight preference for 'No' while regional areas voted more clearly at 51-40 per cent in the same direction.
'Don't know' votes hovered between 7 and 14 percent in all demographics.
Speaking on Channel 7's Sunrise on Monday, Mr Albanese remained "confident" despite the numbers presented.
"It's always easier in a referendum to put a 'no' argument out there, and that's why the success rate is something like eight out of 48 (referendums)," he said.
"I'm very confident that Australians will embrace that opportunity to say 'yes' in the referendum in the last quarter of this year."
The statistics come after a turbulent sitting week in Parliament where the Government were pressed on the potential powers of an enshrined Voice within executive government.
Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney faced quizzing on whether might action a change of date for Australia Day as well as its potential to influence interest rates and taxation.
Coalition members, including opposition leader Peter Dutton, asked Minister Burney for her stance on historical remarks from leading 'Yes' vote campaigner Thomas Mayo.
Mr Mayo, who served as a member of the Referendum Working Group and is co-director of the Yes23 campaign organisation, has previously advocated for sweeping systematic changes, including comments around "abolishing harmful colonial institutions" from as far back as 2020.
Minister Burney told the parliament "it is not about individual statements of people that are involved in this. I am not responsible for what other people say".
"If anyone has wanted to have a discussion with me about this issue, I have been available. There is no way that I can see where I haven't conducted myself appropriately and respectfully. At the end of the day, this is about doing things differently so that we can move the dial on a national shame in this country," she said on Tuesday.
Following the raft of questions through the week Minister Burney made a clear statement.
"I am not sure how many times I can say this. The provision makes it very clear that the Voice will advise on matters that effect Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people and matters that effect Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islander people differently," she said on Thursday.
"That's things like life expectancy, things like baby birth rates, things like self-harm. These are the things that we are referring to.
"I cannot be any clearer than that. In terms of context, can I say that the referendum is about two things. It's about recognition and listening. It's about making a practical difference. We have seen 'no' campaign postings on social media that are clearly false."
Mr Dutton later declared "there was not one straight answer" from Minister Burney during the week.
In his address to the parliament, the leader of the opposition posited that the Government should defer the referendum and adopt a bipartisan approach.
"I believe very strongly that reconciliation will be harmed in this country if the Voice fails, and it's incumbent on the Prime Minister to address this very important issue. It's incumbent on the Prime Minister to recognise the facts in relation to this debate, Mr Dutton said.
"The Prime Minister stepped away from the bipartisan approach when he came into government and he saw a wedge. He saw a wedge opportunity: if the vote went down, he could blame that on the coalition parties. That's the political objective, the underbelly of this debate. That's the reality…..We proposed to legislate the Voice. Let's do that.
"Let's sit down and work together on the drafting of that and make sure that Australians can understand how it works, good and bad, but let them be informed. Don't treat the Australian public with such contempt."
In response, the Prime Minister said Mr Dutton delivered his speech "without a heart".
"What we just heard was 10 minutes of misinformation, 10 minutes spent trying to create confusion and spread division, 10 minutes totally devoid of empathy, 10 minutes completely unworthy of the alternative Prime Minister of this country," he said.
Mr Albanese reiterated the Voice would "(provide) independent advice; chosen by Indigenous people themselves; representative of Indigenous communities; empowering and community led; the need to be accountable and transparent; working alongside existing organisations; importantly, not a funding body; no program delivery function; and, also importantly, the Voice will not have a veto power," he said.
