deleted by whatever passes for editors at the AFR but still showing up via the cached version in a google search

The govt will cry foul and point out the Opposition also supported it. No one will give a shit about the hypocrisy and it will be the govts mess

Seems strikingly familiar to the Voice in that regard - polling was broadly supportive until the Coalition ran a scare campaign.

The moment there's backlash against the implementation, you can bet the Coalition will backflip and call it Orwellian big govt overreach.