Conflicting statements by leading No campaigners about the prospects of treaties and changing the date of Australia Day have seen a senior Coalition MP refuse – five times – to say whether he supported Warren Mundine’s comments on the two issues.

Millions allocated to support mental health of Indigenous Australians during Voice campaign.

A Tasmanian Aboriginal community fears some of Australia’s “most vulnerable” communities will go unheard if next month’s referendum is successful.

Tasmania is currently the only state with a majority in support of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament proposal, according to the Resolve Political Monitor survey, published in Nine newspapers on Monday.

Australians will vote on October 14 on whether they want to change the constitution to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait island people, a defining moment in the struggle for Indigenous rights in the country.

The statue of a former Tasmanian premier who desecrated the body of an Aboriginal man in the 1800s will be taken down after passing a final city council vote.