Early voting on whether to recognise Indigenous Australians in the constitution and create a “Voice to Parliament” to give them an avenue to advise the government on matters affecting First Nations Australians began on Monday.
The latest Guardian Essential poll showed support for the “yes” vote had risen two points to 43% over the past two weeks, while backing for a “no” vote slipped two points to 49%.
The shifts are within the poll’s three-point margin of error.
A “hard no” group in the survey of 1,125 voters outnumbered “hard yes” respondents by 42% to 30%.
Voting in Australia’s first referendum since a 1999 rejection of a proposal to become a republic closes on Oct. 14.
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