Sunrise host Natalie Barr loses it at Anthony Albanese on live TV

Sunrise presenter Natalie Barr has fired Anthony Albanese as support for Indigenous Voice to Parliament plummets, declaring it a “disaster” for his leadership.

During a fiery interview on Monday morning, Barr highlighted recent polls showing a surge in the No vote just five days after the referendum.

Support for the Voice has fallen to 34 percent in the past two weeks, according to the latest poll released Monday.

“Is it all over for the Yes campaign?” she asked.

Mr. Albanian defiantly refused to accept defeat.

”Not at all. We have five days to go in which people have the opportunity to consider the opportunity before them,” he replied.

“Responding to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander demand to be recognized in our Constitution, in our nation’s founding document and through a non-binding advisory committee.”

Barr continued to grill the prime minister.

“Prime Minister, at the beginning of all this, the polls were good, they were in your favor. They have just fallen over the last couple of months. When you look back – what could you have done better?’

Mr. Albanese replied: “Well, look, I’m focused on Saturday. We know, when I stood up and spoke about these issues, that it is difficult to hold a referendum in Australia,” said Mr. Albanese.

“But if you don’t run the pitch, I think I said at the time, then you’re not going to win the grand final. We are on the ground and accepting the request of Indigenous Australians.

“It is unfortunate that there is no bipartisan support in this referendum, but what we will continue to do is make the positive case for Yes, because No equals more of the same.

He referred to the eight-year life expectancy gap between white and Indigenous Australians before Barr intervened.

“We know those are terrible statistics, but you’re on the pitch and you’re getting tired. It’s like half the team has been stripped,” she said.

‘It’s a disaster, isn’t it? And also for your leadership. You stood there on election night and said you were going to hang your hat on this.’

Albo replied: “This is about an idea, not an individual.”

But Barr fired back: “But you stood there and one of the first things you and Penny Wong mentioned on election night was this.”

Albo replied: ‘I didn’t mention it on election night, I mentioned it dozens and dozens of times before, like Scott Morrison did before the 2019 election, like John Howard did before the 2007 election.

“This constitutional recognition of our First Australians has been talked about for decades and we are uniting the country to vote Yes on Saturday,” he said.

“Like the Stolen Generations pardon, it had no downside, only upside. There is everything to gain here, nothing to fear.

“It’s easy to run a smear campaign and misinform about it because most Australians don’t sit down and have the Constitution by their desk, but the point here is that it’s an opportunity.”