Key results
The Australia Institute surveyed nationally representative samples of about 1,000 Australians in June and July 2022 about their attitudes towards a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament for First Nations peoples as called for in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.

The respondents were asked how they would vote in a referendum on enshrining a Voice to Parliament for First Nations peoples in the Constitution.

The results show that

• Nearly two in three Australians (65%) surveyed in July would vote “Yes” to enshrine a Voice to Parliament for First Nations peoples in the Constitution.
• Support for the amendment has increased from June, when 58% of respondents said they would support a constitutional amendment.
• More Australians say they do not know how they would vote than say they would vote against the amendment (21% vs 14% in July).
• Support for a constitutionally enshrined Voice is highest among Greens voters (71% in June, 82% in July) followed by Labor voters (68% in June, 70% in July).
• Support is similar across the four large states (57–59% in June, 62–71% in July).

Respondents were told that the Uluru Statement from the Heart “calls for a constitutionally enshrined Voice to Parliament for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander (First Nations) peoples” and that a referendum would be required to achieve this.

They were then asked whether they would vote to support or oppose including a First Nations Voice to Parliament in the Constitution.

• Nearly two in three Australians (65%) surveyed in July would vote “Yes” to enshrine a Voice to Parliament for First Nations peoples in the Constitution, up from 58% in June.
  • About one in six Australians (14%–16%) said they would vote “No”.
  • Over one in five (21%–26%) said they do not know or are not sure how they would vote.
• Greens voters are most likely to say they would vote “Yes” to enshrine the Voice (71%–82%), followed by Labor voters (68–70%).
• In the July poll, a majority of all voting intentions said they would vote “Yes”.
  • In the June poll, “Yes” exceeded “No” across all voting intentions, but less than half of Coalition, One Nation and Independent/Other voters said they would vote “Yes”.