Albanese said the voice to parliament should be above politics.

“This is a task which we need to, of course, get the detail right and there would be a process as well as that parliamentary debate about the legislation and I’d want to get as much agreement as possible,” he saud on Monday.

“I want this to be a long-term reform to benefit Indigenous Australians to help closing the gap.”

The latest Newspoll indicated 56 per cent of respondents supported the voice while 37 per cent were opposed.

“Polls come and go, what matters is when people cast their vote,” Albanese said.

“The call for a Indigenous recognition in our constitution and consultation on matters that affect them will not have an impact on most people’s lives, but it might just make some people’s lives, some of the most disadvantaged people in our country, better.”

The question people will be asked at the referendum on the voice will be known by the end of June.

The wording must be endorsed by both houses of parliament before Australians cast their votes.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton has consistently called for more details on the Indigenous voice.

Tony Burke, the manager of government business, said more than enough information had been provided.

“I can’t think of any referendum proposal where there has been more process than this,” Burke said.

The Greens have called for treaty to be implemented before the voice.

But Labor senator Pat Dodson, the government’s special envoy for reconciliation, stressed the need to secure the voice first.

“To have a treaty, you have to have a voice, you have to have an entity, you have to have a group of people that have a standing or that have credibility,” he said.

Crossbench senator Jacqui Lambie said Albanese was “on notice” to prove how a voice would make a practical improvement to the lives of Indigenous people, following an outbreak of violence in Alice Springs.

“It’s out of control out there mate … it’s time to come in with some tough love,” she said.

-AAP