PM 'very confident' of yes vote on Voice despite polling

Despite a new poll suggesting the Voice is heading for defeat, Anthony Albanese said he is "very confident" the yes vote will win the hotly contested referendum.

The latest Newspoll shows support for the yes vote has slipped four points to a new low of 43 per cent, while support to vote no has risen to 47 per cent.

Speaking on Today, Albanese admitted winning referendums in Australia is historically very difficult but he is optimistic an Indigenous Voice to parliament will be enshrined in the constitution.

READ MORE: What is the Indigenous Voice to parliament and what would a referendum entail?

"And after it's done, people will wonder why it wouldn't done earlier," he said.

Asked if he was worried by the poll, Albanese shrugged off the slide in support.

"We will be out there putting the case," he said.

"The case to recognise Indigenous Australians in our constitution, the case as well to give them a voice, basically in an advisory body, which gives advice on matters that affect Indigenous Australians."

Albanese said the Voice won't impact on the role of the Parliament.

"It will be advice only," he said.

"It makes sense."

According to Newspoll, male voters and Queenslanders are the groups who are most strongly opposed to the Yes vote.

On the flipside, women and young Australians are strong advocates for the Voice, the poll suggests.

"I'm very confident," Albanese said.

"I put my faith in the Australian people that they will examine the wording which is there, and that they will say, 'Yes, it is time that we recognise the First Australians in our nation's constitution.'"

A bill legislating the referendum passed the Senate last week.

The bill was passed 52-19, after a number of emotive speeches both for and against the Voice.

Ultimately, the bill to establish the referendum was supported by the Labor government and the Liberal-led opposition, although Opposition Leader Peter Dutton is opposed to the Voice itself.

The referendum will ask Australians whether an advisory body for Indigenous Australia should be established in the constitution.

The body will not have any legislative power nor any veto over laws passed by the parliament but can offer advice on issues that affect Indigenous communities.

Any referendum requires a majority of both people and states to vote in favour of the constitutional amendment for it to pass.

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