{ "title": "2023_Australian_Indigenous_Voice_referendum", "content": [ { "id": "1", "title": "Preface", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "2", "title": "Background", "content": [ { "sentences": [] }, { "id": "2.2", "title": "Parliamentary process", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "2.2.s1", "text": "{{Infobox legislation\n| short_title = Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023\n| legislature = Parliament of Australia\n| long_title = A Bill for an Act to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice\n| territorial_extent = Australia\n| enacted_by = Australian House of Representatives|House of Representatives\n| date_passed = 31 May 2023\n| enacted_by2 = Australian Senate|Senate\n| date_passed2 = 19 June 2023\n| bill_date = 30 March 2023\n| bill_history_url = https://parlwork.aph.gov.au/bills/r7019\n| introduced_by = Mark Dreyfus\n| 1st_reading = 30 March 2023\n| 2nd_reading = 30 March 2023 – 31 May 2023\n| committee_whole_label = Committee of the whole#Australia|Consideration in detail\n| committee_whole = 31 May 2023\n| 3rd_reading = 31 May 2023\n| bill_date2 = 13 June 2023\n| introduced_by2 = Murray Watt\n| 1st_reading2 = 13 June 2023\n| 2nd_reading2 = 13 June 2023 – 16 June 2023\n| committee_whole2 = 16 June 2023 – 17 June 2023\n| 3rd_reading2 = 19 June 2023\n| amends = Constitution of Australia\n| summary = Amends the constitution to prescribe an Indigenous Voice to Parliament\n| status = not passed\n}}", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | title=Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 | publisher=Attorney-General's Department (Australia) | date=30 March 2023 | url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023B00060 | access-date=22 September 2023 | archive-date=23 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823085446/https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023B00060 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023B00060", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "2.2.s2", "text": "The government settled on and announced the text of the question on the ballot and the actual amendment on 23 March 2023. These were formally approved by parliament through the passage of the amendment bill, Constitutional Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 (Cth). The bill was examined and endorsed by the Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum, subject to two dissenting reports authored by Liberal and National party members respectively.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web |date=23 March 2023 |title=Constitutional amendment and referendum question announced |url=https://voice.gov.au/news/constitutional-amendment-and-referendum-question-announced |url-status=live |access-date=12 September 2023 |archive-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918110508/https://voice.gov.au/news/constitutional-amendment-and-referendum-question-announced }}", "url": "https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/culture-and-empowering-communities", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |date=23 March 2023 |title=Next Step Towards Voice Referendum: Constitutional Alteration Bill |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/next-step-towards-voice-referendum-constitutional-alteration-bill |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330153146/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/next-step-towards-voice-referendum-constitutional-alteration-bill |archive-date=30 March 2023 |access-date=2023-03-24 |website=Prime Minister of Australia |series=Media release}}", "url": "https://www.pm.gov.au/media/next-step-towards-voice-referendum-constitutional-alteration-bill", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=corporateName=Commonwealth Parliament; address=Parliament House |first=Canberra |title=Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023 |url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd080 |access-date=2023-10-15 |website=www.aph.gov.au |language=en-AU |archive-date=13 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231013020900/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd080 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd2223a/23bd080", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "2.2.s3", "text": "The Liberal Party of Australia report put forward several changes, including the deletion of sub-section 128(ii) (to reduce a risk that representations from the body must be considered), a new section 77(iv) (to allow the parliament to control the applicability of judicial review under section 75(v) of the Constitution), the addition of the words \"and the legal effect of its representations\" to sub-section 128(iii) (to clarify the power Parliament has to legislate regarding the Voice), and the replacement of the words \"executive government\" to \"ministers of state\" (to reduce the possible ambit of people to whom the Voice may make representations). The National Party of Australia|Nationals' report, on the other hand, rejected the proposed bill entirely.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite book| url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Former_Committees/Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Voice_Referendum/VoiceReferendum/Report| title=Advisory Report on the Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023| date=May 2023| author1=Joint Select Committee on the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice Referendum| author2=Green, Nita| author2-link=Nita Green| publisher=Commonwealth of Australia| isbn=978-1-76092-504-8| others=Nita Green| access-date=6 October 2023| archive-date=6 October 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050909/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Former_Committees/Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Voice_Referendum/VoiceReferendum/Report| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Joint/Former_Committees/Aboriginal_and_Torres_Strait_Islander_Voice_Referendum/VoiceReferendum/Report", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "book" } ] }, { "id": "2.2.s4", "text": "Following the passage of the bill, the referendum date was announced by the Prime Minister on 30 August 2023. The referendum was officially triggered on 11 September 2023 with the issuing of a writ by the Governor-General of Australia|governor-general to the Australian Electoral Commission.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite news |last=Butler |first=Josh |date=2023-08-30 |title=Indigenous voice to parliament referendum date announced as 14 October |newspaper=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/referendum-date-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-vote-australia-anthony-albanese |access-date=2023-08-30 |archive-date=30 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230830032025/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/referendum-date-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-vote-australia-anthony-albanese |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/30/referendum-date-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-vote-australia-anthony-albanese", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=11 September 2023 |title=2023 referendum: Final key dates confirmed |url=https://aec.gov.au/media/2023/09-11.htm |website=Australian Electoral Commission |publisher=Australian Government |language=en-AU |access-date=3 October 2023 |archive-date=4 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231004022244/https://aec.gov.au/media/2023/09-11.htm |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://aec.gov.au/media/2023/09-11.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "3", "title": "Question and proposed amendment", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "3.s1", "text": "Referendum ballot papers asked voters:{{blockquote|A Proposed Law: To alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |title=Press Conference – Parliament House |website=Prime Minister of Australia |url=https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-parliament-house |access-date=2023-03-24 |archive-date=30 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330153146/https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-parliament-house |url-status=live }} {{Creative Commons text attribution notice|cc=by4|from this source=yes}}", "url": "https://www.pm.gov.au/media/press-conference-parliament-house", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "4", "title": "Voting and referendum mechanisms", "content": [ { "id": "4.1", "title": "Double majority", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "4.1.s1", "text": "For any amendment of the Constitution to proceed, it must receive a double majority of votes: that is, a majority in each of a majority of the states (i.e. at least four of the six states), as well as a majority overall (i.e. including votes in the territories).", "references": [ { "text": "Chapter VIII of the Constitution of Australia|Constitution, section 128.", "url": null, "status_code": null, "reason": null, "type": null }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Referendums and changing Australia's constitution | website=National Archives of Australia | url=https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/constitution-and-referendums/referendums-and-changing-australias-constitution | access-date=11 June 2023 | archive-date=11 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230611134420/https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/constitution-and-referendums/referendums-and-changing-australias-constitution | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.naa.gov.au/learn/learning-resources/learning-resource-themes/government-and-democracy/constitution-and-referendums/referendums-and-changing-australias-constitution", "status_code": null, "reason": "Timeout", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Silva |first=Angelica |date=2023-05-14 |title=What is the Indigenous Voice to Parliament? Here's how it would work and who's for and against it |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-15/what-is-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-australia/102317242 |access-date=2023-05-31 |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531120311/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-15/what-is-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-australia/102317242 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-15/what-is-the-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-australia/102317242", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last= |first= |title=The referendum count |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/count.htm |access-date=2023-05-31 |website=Australian Electoral Commission |language=en-AU |archive-date=31 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230531053907/https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/count.htm |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/2023.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "4.2", "title": "Voters", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "4.2.s1", "text": "Voting in the referendum was mandatory for all eligible Australian citizens (and some British subject|British subjects). A total of 17,676,347 voters were registered on the electoral roll, and therefore required to either vote in person, by post or by phone. This was 2.6% larger than the electoral roll of the 2022 election.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |date=1 March 2023 |title=Enrol to vote |url=https://aec.gov.au/enrol/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230330054628/https://aec.gov.au/enrol/ |archive-date=30 March 2023 |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=Australian Electoral Commission}}", "url": "https://aec.gov.au/enrol/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |date=21 April 2015 |title=British subjects |url=https://aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/British_subjects.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230320090935/https://www.aec.gov.au/enrolling_to_vote/british_subjects.htm |archive-date=20 March 2023 |access-date=30 March 2023 |website=Australian Electoral Commission}}", "url": "https://aec.gov.au/Enrolling_to_vote/British_subjects.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Largest voter enrolment on record ahead of Voice referendum | website=InDaily | date=21 September 2023 | url=https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/09/22/largest-voter-enrolment-on-record-ahead-of-voice-referendum/ | access-date=22 September 2023 | archive-date=24 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924040250/https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/09/22/largest-voter-enrolment-on-record-ahead-of-voice-referendum/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://indaily.com.au/news/2023/09/22/largest-voter-enrolment-on-record-ahead-of-voice-referendum/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "4.3", "title": "Cost", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "4.3.s1", "text": "The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) estimated the cost of the referendum would be about $450 million, where the federal government had supplied $364 million in the most recent budget to deliver the referendum. Funding for the referendum was provided to the AEC and National Indigenous Australians Agency in the October 2022 Australian federal budget, with a total distribution of $75.2 million (excluding Contingency Reserves) over two years (FY2022{{Ndash}}24).", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |last1=Chalmers |first1=Jim |author-link=Jim Chalmers |last2=Gallagher |first2=Katy |author-link2=Katy Gallagher |date=25 October 2022 |title=Budget Paper No. 2: Budget Measures |url=https://archive.budget.gov.au/2022-23-october/bp2/download/bp2_2022-23.pdf |url-status=live |access-date=31 March 2023 |website=October 2022 Australian federal budget|2022 Budget |page=107 |archive-date=1 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601032924/https://archive.budget.gov.au/2022-23-october/bp2/download/bp2_2022-23.pdf }}", "url": "https://archive.budget.gov.au/2022-23-october/bp2/download/bp2_2022-23.pdf", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Morse |first=Dana |date=28 October 2022 |title=Voice to Parliament funding welcomed but questions raised over who will pay for the campaign |work=ABC News (Australia)|ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-28/voice-funding-welcome-questions-raised-over-who-funds-campaign/101587684 |access-date=31 March 2023 |archive-date=31 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331124337/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-28/voice-funding-welcome-questions-raised-over-who-funds-campaign/101587684 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-10-28/voice-funding-welcome-questions-raised-over-who-funds-campaign/101587684", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "4.4", "title": "Official pamphlet", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "4.4.s1", "text": "The government originally attempted to remove the requirement for an official yes/no pamphlet along with other proposed changes to the referendum process in the Referendum (Machinery Provisions) Amendment Bill 2022 (Cth), arguing that a physical pamphlet was outdated and that information could instead be distributed online or via television. Instead, the government proposed funding an education campaign to inform Australians about the referendum and to \"counter misinformation\". However, the pamphlet was ultimately retained in order to secure bipartisan support for the bill. Following this, parliamentarians of both houses who had voted for and against the constitutional amendment bill drafted, for inclusion in the pamphlet, 2,000-word essays detailing their ''Yes'' and ''No'' cases, with the text of each essay approved by a majority respectively of the ''Yes'' and ''No'' supporters. This approach was criticised by organisations such as Australian Greens|The Greens, who wanted these statements to be independently fact-checked, as there was no legal requirement for the pamphlets to be truthful. After the pamphlets were released, several media organisations analysed the claims in both essays, with many characterising some in the ''No'' case as \"false\" or \"misleading\". ''No'' campaigners disputed this, however, arguing that fact checkers were labelling as \"false\" claims that remained subject to debate.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Kildea |first=Paul |title=The government wants to change Australia's referendum laws. How will this affect the Voice to Parliament? |url=http://theconversation.com/the-government-wants-to-change-australias-referendum-laws-how-will-this-affect-the-voice-to-parliament-195632 |date=16 December 2022 |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=The Conversation |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005045835/http://theconversation.com/the-government-wants-to-change-australias-referendum-laws-how-will-this-affect-the-voice-to-parliament-195632 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/the-government-wants-to-change-australias-referendum-laws-how-will-this-affect-the-voice-to-parliament-195632", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Twomey |first=Anne |title=The government will not send out Yes and No case pamphlets ahead of the Voice to Parliament referendum. Does this matter? |url=http://theconversation.com/the-government-will-not-send-out-yes-and-no-case-pamphlets-ahead-of-the-voice-to-parliament-referendum-does-this-matter-195806 |date=2 December 2022 |access-date=4 October 2023 |website=The Conversation |language=en |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005045836/http://theconversation.com/the-government-will-not-send-out-yes-and-no-case-pamphlets-ahead-of-the-voice-to-parliament-referendum-does-this-matter-195806 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/the-government-will-not-send-out-yes-and-no-case-pamphlets-ahead-of-the-voice-to-parliament-referendum-does-this-matter-195806", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last1=Hegarty |first1=Nicole |last2=Lowrey |first2=Tom |title=Coalition set to support referendum framework bill as deadline nears for final wording |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-22/voice-negotiations-near-conclusion/102125920 |date=21 March 2023 |access-date=4 October 2023 |archive-date=5 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005045835/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-22/voice-negotiations-near-conclusion/102125920 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-22/voice-negotiations-near-conclusion/102125920", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-08/dutton-claims-albanese-concession-on-voice-to-parliament/101945154 |title=Voice to Parliament pamphlets advocating both sides to be sent to Australians, in concession to Peter Dutton |date=8 February 2023 |access-date=16 September 2023 |archive-date=16 September 2023 |first1=Jake |last1=Evans |first2=Stephanie |last2=Borys |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916015602/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-08/dutton-claims-albanese-concession-on-voice-to-parliament/101945154 |url-status=live |quote=Labor had sought to dump the pamphlet as it prepared arrangements for the referendum, saying it was no longer needed in the \"digital age\", with parliamentarians able to express their views to voters directly. |publisher=ABC News (Australia)|ABC News}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-08/dutton-claims-albanese-concession-on-voice-to-parliament/101945154", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greens-pocock-push-for-independent-fact-checking-of-voice-referendum-pamphlet-20230303-p5cpal.html |last=Visentin |first=Lisa |title=Greens, Pocock push for independent fact-checking of Voice referendum pamphlet |date=7 March 2023 |access-date=16 September 2023 |url-access=registration |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=15 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915172802/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greens-pocock-push-for-independent-fact-checking-of-voice-referendum-pamphlet-20230303-p5cpal.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/greens-pocock-push-for-independent-fact-checking-of-voice-referendum-pamphlet-20230303-p5cpal.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last1=Allam |first1=Lorena |last2=Butler |first2=Josh |last3=Evershed |first3=Nick |last4=Ball |first4=Andy |title=The no pamphlet: campaign's voice to parliament referendum essay – annotated and factchecked |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2023/jul/20/the-vote-no-pamphlet-referendum-voice-to-parliament-voting-essay-aec-published-read-in-full-annotated-fact-checked |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/ng-interactive/2023/jul/20/the-vote-no-pamphlet-referendum-voice-to-parliament-voting-essay-aec-published-read-in-full-annotated-fact-checked", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |title=Voice pamphlet's convention claim misleads |url=https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/voice-pamphlets-convention-claim-misleads/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Australian Associated Press}}", "url": "https://www.aap.com.au/factcheck/voice-pamphlets-convention-claim-misleads/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Mundine |first=Nyunggai Warren |date=2023-02-15 |title=Media shouldn't be asked to gaslight Voice opponents |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/media-shouldn-t-be-asked-to-gaslight-voice-opponents-20230214-p5ckbc |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-11-07 |website=Australian Financial Review |language=en}}", "url": "https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/media-shouldn-t-be-asked-to-gaslight-voice-opponents-20230214-p5ckbc", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "4.4.s2", "text": "The yes/no pamphlet was published on the AEC website on 18 July 2023 and on 11 August 2023 it began to be posted to households.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/the-voice-essays-for-referendum-published/102613238 |title=Voice to Parliament referendum pamphlets for Yes and No camps published by AEC|archive-date=16 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916023709/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/the-voice-essays-for-referendum-published/102613238 |url-status=live |access-date=16 September 2023 |date=18 July 2023 |first=Paige |last=Cockburn |publisher=ABC News (Australia)|ABC News}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-18/the-voice-essays-for-referendum-published/102613238", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news |title=Voice to parliament referendum Yes and No pamphlets published today|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/voice-referendum-yes-and-no-pamphlets-from-aec-published-today/0b2d6b4b-93df-42d0-b386-35fab78ae7eb|archive-date=16 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916023325/https://www.9news.com.au/national/voice-referendum-yes-and-no-pamphlets-from-aec-published-today/0b2d6b4b-93df-42d0-b386-35fab78ae7eb |url-status=live |access-date=16 September 2023 |date=18 July 2023 |author= |publisher=Nine News|9news.com.au}}", "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/voice-referendum-yes-and-no-pamphlets-from-aec-published-today/0b2d6b4b-93df-42d0-b386-35fab78ae7eb", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/aec-prints-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-pamphlets/102717246 |title=Printing of Voice referendum pamphlets outlining Yes and No arguments begins |author= |date=11 August 2023 |access-date=16 September 2023 |archive-date=16 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230916015721/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/aec-prints-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-pamphlets/102717246 |url-status=live |publisher=ABC News (Australia)|ABC News}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-11/aec-prints-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-pamphlets/102717246", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "4.5", "title": "Key dates", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "4.5.s1", "text": "Key dates in relation to the voting process for the referendum were:\n* 11 September – Writ of election|Writ issued\n* 11 September – Applications for postal voting opens\n* 18 September (8pm) – Close of electoral roll (17,676,347 people were enrolled at the close of the roll)\n* 25 September – Remote voting commences\n* 2 October – Early voting centres open in Northern Territory, Tasmania, Victoria (state)|Victoria and Western Australia\n* 3 October{{efn|name=p_holi|Due to public holidays: Labor Day in ACT, NSW, SA; King's Birthday in Qld }} – Early voting centres open in Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, Queensland and South Australia.\n* 11 October (6pm) – Applications for postal voting closes\n* 14 October – Referendum day\n* 27 October – Last day for receipt of postal votes\n* 6 November – Writ returned", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/learn/timetable.html|work=aec.gov.au|title=2023 referendum timetable|access-date=11 September 2023|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918110508/https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/learn/timetable.html|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/2023.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023G01061|title=Notification of Particulars of Writ for Referendum|work=legislation.aus.gov.au|date=11 September 2023|access-date=11 September 2023|archive-date=18 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918110508/https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023G01061|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/C2023G01061", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2023/09-21a.htm|title=Largest enrolment in history ahead of 2023 referendum|work=aec.gov.au|date=21 September 2023}}", "url": "https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2023/09-21a.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web |title=Public Holidays in NSW |url=https://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/public-holidays/public-holidays-in-nsw/ |website=NSW Industrial Relations |access-date=20 September 2023 |language=en-AU |date=21 October 2019 |archive-date=12 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512012424/https://www.industrialrelations.nsw.gov.au/public-holidays/public-holidays-in-nsw/ |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.nsw.gov.au/about-nsw/public-holidays", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web |title=SA Public Holidays – Current, Past & Future Holiday Dates |url=https://www.publicholidaysa.com.au/ |website=SA Public Holidays |access-date=20 September 2023 |language=en-AU |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929003043/https://www.publicholidaysa.com.au/ |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.publicholidaysa.com.au/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web |title=Public holidays {{!}} Public, school and show holidays |url=https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/travel/holidays/public |website=www.qld.gov.au |access-date=20 September 2023 |language=en |archive-date=25 July 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170725074504/https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/travel/holidays/public |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.qld.gov.au/recreation/travel/holidays/public", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web |title=Australian Electoral Commission |url=https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/vote/vote-in-person.html |website=Australian Electoral Commission |access-date=20 September 2023 |language=en-AU |archive-date=24 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924152451/https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/vote/vote-in-person.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/vote/vote-in-person.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2023/11-06.htm|title=Writ for the 2023 referendum returned today|work=aec.gov.au|date=6 November 2023}}", "url": "https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2023/11-06.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "5", "title": "Proposed design of the Voice", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "6", "title": "Positions", "content": [ { "sentences": [] }, { "id": "6.2", "title": "Political parties", "content": [ { "sentences": [] }, { "id": "6.2.2", "title": "Parliamentary parties", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "6.2.2.s1", "text": "{| class=\"wikitable sortable\"\n! colspan=\"2\" | Party\n! Stance\n! Notes and references\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Centre Alliance}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Centre Alliance}}\n| {{n/a|Unknown}}\n| The party did not openly take a stance on the issue, but does support the recognition of Indigenous Australians in the Constitution.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|DLFCN}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|DLFCN}}\n| {{N/A|Neutral}}\n| As of January 2023, Dai Le (the party's only federal representative) maintained a neutral position towards the Voice, claiming that it is not a priority for the culturally diverse communities in her electorate.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Greens}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Greens}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| The party has a preference for truth-telling and treaty processes to occur prior to the Voice but have nonetheless backed the \"yes\" campaign for the referendum on the Voice. The party's First Nations Network (aka Blak Greens) encouraged members to abstain or vote no, on the basis that the Voice would be a \"powerless advisory body\".\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Katter's Australian Party}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Katter's Australian Party}}\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| Leader Bob Katter (federal MP for the Division of Kennedy) stated that the Voice to Parliament may not cover important issues faced by Indigenous Australians, instead proposing a designated Indigenous senator. However, he has given his support for a referendum. All three of the party's MPs in the Legislative Assembly of Queensland have requested more information from federal and state governments (similar to the Liberals) and said that they could possibly support the Voice. On 16 February 2023, the party announced on Facebook that its MPs would not support the Voice.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Labor}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Labor}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Leader Anthony Albanese has given his support and pledged that a referendum would be held. All state and territory Labor leaders support the Voice, however Premier of Queensland|Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk has said that although she supports the Voice, she believes it should be explained better.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Jacqui Lambie Network}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Jacqui Lambie Network}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Having publicly called for more information about the Voice to Parliament in August 2022 and February 2023, party leader Jacqui Lambie expressed support for the Voice in May 2023, and disappointment at opinion polling indicating a decline in public support in August 2023.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal}}\n| {{No|Oppose}}\n| Federal leader Peter Dutton had requested more information before his party decided on a position; however some members declared their own stances. Federal members of the party's Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)|Tasmanian branch were divided on the issue {{as of|lc=yes|2023|1|3}}. On 5 April 2023, after a party room meeting, it was announced that the party will oppose the Voice citing constitutional risks. All members of the shadow ministry are bound by this decision but a conscience vote is allowed for backbencher members. The party also proposed an alternative to Labor's initial proposal and supports constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. After the decision, some members of the party indicated they would still support a Voice to Parliament despite their party room's position. Moderates (Liberal Party of Australia)|Moderate backbenchers including Bridget Archer and Andrew Bragg as well as National Right (Liberal Party of Australia)|conservative backbencher Russell Broadbent indicated their support for a Voice. Furthermore, Julian Leeser resigned from his frontbench position as Shadow Attorney-General to support a Voice.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|National}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|National}}\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| The Nationals at a federal level stated that they oppose a Voice to Parliament, citing concerns that it would not be inclusive of regional areas.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|One Nation}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|One Nation}}\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| One Nation opposes both a Voice to Parliament and a referendum on the subject.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|palmer united}}|\n| United Australia Party (2013)|United Australia Party\n| {{No|Oppose}}\n|Following the \"If you don't know, VOTE NO\" slogan, the United Australia Party stated \"[we] will not support a constitutional change that divides us by race.\"\n|}", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://centrealliance.org.au/policies/aboriginal-and-torres-strait-islanders/|title=Aboriginal and Torres Strait 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archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231008073452/https://www.6newsau.com/post/greens-first-nations-network-calls-on-members-to-vote-no-or-abstain-in-voice-referendum | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.6newsau.com/post/greens-first-nations-network-calls-on-members-to-vote-no-or-abstain-in-voice-referendum", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://countrycaller.com.au/2022/11/30/bob-katter-weighs-in-on-proposed-voice-to-parliament/|title=Bob Katter weighs in on proposed Voice to Parliament|first=Harry|last=Clarke|date=30 November 2022|website=Country Caller|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=3 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303203042/https://countrycaller.com.au/2022/11/30/bob-katter-weighs-in-on-proposed-voice-to-parliament/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://countrycaller.com.au/2022/11/30/bob-katter-weighs-in-on-proposed-voice-to-parliament/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/KattersAusParty/posts/pfbid0GZBH5CN8AB5YD9HNProJfnrSzqn54VmQgB2BMXSKTJoTHispDvvmz45uoU6KbExbl|title=Katter's Australian Party has announced its MPs will not support the Indigenous Voice to Parliament|via=Facebook|date=17 February 2023|access-date=19 April 2023|archive-date=28 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230228030246/https://www.facebook.com/KattersAusParty/posts/pfbid0GZBH5CN8AB5YD9HNProJfnrSzqn54VmQgB2BMXSKTJoTHispDvvmz45uoU6KbExbl|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/KattersAusParty/posts/pfbid0GZBH5CN8AB5YD9HNProJfnrSzqn54VmQgB2BMXSKTJoTHispDvvmz45uoU6KbExbl", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8149340/explanation-of-voice-can-be-improved-qld-premier-says/|title=Explanation of voice can be improved, Qld premier says|website=The Canberra Times|access-date=5 April 2023|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405083551/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8149340/explanation-of-voice-can-be-improved-qld-premier-says/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8149340/explanation-of-voice-can-be-improved-qld-premier-says/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last1=Ransley | first1=Ellen | last2=Gould | first2=Courtney | title='It will fail': Lambie's message to Albo | date=31 July 2022 | url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/jacqui-lambie-says-australians-need-detail-about-voice-to-parliament-as-pm-remains-tightlipped/news-story/dceac791a154f34fe908c5f36d7c21aa | website=news.com.au | access-date=16 April 2023 | archive-date=2 August 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220802015715/https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/jacqui-lambie-says-australians-need-detail-about-voice-to-parliament-as-pm-remains-tightlipped/news-story/dceac791a154f34fe908c5f36d7c21aa | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/jacqui-lambie-says-australians-need-detail-about-voice-to-parliament-as-pm-remains-tightlipped/news-story/dceac791a154f34fe908c5f36d7c21aa", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web|last=Evans|first=Lauren|title=Jacqui Lambie confirms she won't block Voice vote as she argues Labor can surely 'walk and chew gum at the same time'|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/jacqui-lambie-confirms-she-wont-block-voice-vote-as-she-argues-labor-can-surely-walk-and-chew-gum-at-the-same-time/news-story/8f453bb8fe36894bbb9f2dcf6a5c799b|work=Sky News Australia|date=29 May 2023|access-date=30 August 2023|archive-date=30 August 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"https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/australians-think-the-voice-is-too-bloody-hard-jacqui-lambie/video/19193dd4ef3de851bc1b60abdcae8022?nk=12f153ca15f9c9946b05d118ebe4a50b-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://nit.com.au/03-01-2023/4636/divisions-in-tasmania-as-liberal-mps-take-sides-on-voice|title=Federal Liberal ranks split on Voice to Parliament|website=National Indigenous Times|date=3 January 2023|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206051557/https://nit.com.au/03-01-2023/4636/divisions-in-tasmania-as-liberal-mps-take-sides-on-voice|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://nit.com.au/03-01-2023/4636/divisions-in-tasmania-as-liberal-mps-take-sides-on-voice", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Hitch | first=Georgia | title=Liberal Party confirms it will oppose the Indigenous Voice to Parliament | website=ABC 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2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406013107/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/05/peter-dutton-confirms-liberals-will-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/05/peter-dutton-confirms-liberals-will-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |author1=Lisa Visentin |author2=Paul Sakkal |author3=Natassia Chrysanthos |author4=Angus Thompson |date=2023-04-11 |title='I believe the time for the Voice has come': Shadow attorney-general Julian Leeser resigns from opposition frontbench |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/shadow-attorney-general-julian-leeser-to-resign-from-opposition-front-bench-over-voice-20230411-p5czhx.html |access-date=2023-04-11 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411042310/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/shadow-attorney-general-julian-leeser-to-resign-from-opposition-front-bench-over-voice-20230411-p5czhx.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/shadow-attorney-general-julian-leeser-to-resign-from-opposition-front-bench-over-voice-20230411-p5czhx.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/tamil/en/podcast-episode/nsw-nationals-announce-their-support-for-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/v3snna6rw|title=NSW Nationals announce their support for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament|website=SBS News|format=audio|language=ta|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319002057/https://www.sbs.com.au/language/tamil/en/podcast-episode/nsw-nationals-announce-their-support-for-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/v3snna6rw|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/language/tamil/en/podcast-episode/nsw-nationals-announce-their-support-for-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/v3snna6rw", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Landsey |first=Amy |date=29 November 2022 |title=Split emerges within Nationals over Indigenous Voice |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/western-australia-national-party-split-from-federal-counterparts-over-support-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/653d62252a0d5cabeb291b0a966b8ca1 |website=Sky News Australia |access-date=31 March 2023 |archive-date=11 February 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212652/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/western-australia-national-party-split-from-federal-counterparts-over-support-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/653d62252a0d5cabeb291b0a966b8ca1 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/western-australia-national-party-split-from-federal-counterparts-over-support-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/653d62252a0d5cabeb291b0a966b8ca1?nk=304e6c7cebf7663d628dad383592ea1b-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/max-opray/2023/04/06/liberals-rebel-voice-stance|title=Liberals rebel on Voice stance|website=The Saturday Paper|date=6 April 2023|first=Max|last=Opray|access-date=6 April 2023|archive-date=7 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407232048/https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/max-opray/2023/04/06/liberals-rebel-voice-stance|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/post/max-opray/2023/04/06/liberals-rebel-voice-stance", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.onenation.org.au/aboriginal-voice-to-parliament|title=Aboriginal Voice to Parliament|website=Pauline Hanson's One Nation|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323132656/https://www.onenation.org.au/aboriginal-voice-to-parliament|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.onenation.org.au/aboriginal-voice-to-parliament", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web | title=If you don't know, VOTE NO | website=United Australia Party | date=25 July 2023 | url=https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/if-you-dont-know-vote-no/ | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=12 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012185238/https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/if-you-dont-know-vote-no/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.unitedaustraliaparty.org.au/if-you-dont-know-vote-no/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "6.2.3", "title": "Non-parliamentary parties", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "6.2.3.s1", "text": "{| class=\"wikitable sortable\"\n! colspan=\"2\" | Party\n! Stance\n! Notes and references\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Animal Justice}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Animal Justice}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Australian Democrats}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Australian Democrats}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Christians}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Christians}}\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Drew Pavlou Democratic Alliance}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n|\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Fusion}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Fusion}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n|\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Indigenous-Aboriginal Party of Australia}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Indigenous-Aboriginal}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n|\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Legalise Cannabis}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Legalise Cannabis}}\n| {{n/a|Unknown}}\n| Rachel Payne announced that the Victorian state branch of the party supports a Voice to Parliament in May 2023, but the party did not make its position clear at a federal level.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal Democrats}}|\n| Liberal Democratic Party (Australia)|Liberal Democratic Party\n| {{No|Oppose}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Reason}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Reason}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Socialist Alliance}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Socialist Alliance}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| | The Socialist Alliance recommended a 'critical Yes' vote, expressing concern that the Voice would have served as a token gesture towards the recognition of Australian Indigenous sovereignty|First Nations' sovereignty and Indigenous treaties in Australia|treaty demands. They considered grassroot activism important in ensuring that \"...First Nations people's quest for justice can overcome either constraint by a bureaucratic Voice or demoralisation by a majority No vote.\"\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Sustainable Australia}}|\n| Sustainable Australia\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|The New Liberals}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|TNL}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Victorian Socialists}}|\n| Victorian Socialists\n| {{Yes|Support}}\n| Victorian Socialists said in a statement that it encouraged its members to vote ''Yes'' in the Voice referendum. The party also said that although a victory for the ''Yes'' side would not represent a major step forward for Indigenous rights, a ''No'' victory is likely to be a step backwards; as the ''No'' campaign has gained momentum, \"racist elements have come to the fore\".\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Western Australia Party}}|\n| Western Australia Party\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n|\n|}", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.animaljusticeparty.org/first_nations|title=First Nations|website=Animal Justice Party Australia|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319112856/https://www.animaljusticeparty.org/first_nations|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.animaljusticeparty.org/first_nations", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news|url=https://www.democrats.org.au/standing-with-first-nations-our-plan/|title=Standing with First Nations – our plan|newspaper=Australian Democrats|date=10 May 2022|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=23 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323141400/https://www.democrats.org.au/standing-with-first-nations-our-plan/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.democrats.org.au/standing-with-first-nations-our-plan/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |date=14 September 2023 |title=The Voice Referendum: Consider the facts |url=https://australianchristians.org.au/the-voice-referendum-consider-the-facts/ |url-status=live |access-date=19 September 2023 |website=Australian Christians Party |archive-date=29 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929003041/https://australianchristians.org.au/the-voice-referendum-consider-the-facts/ }}", "url": "https://australianchristians.org.au/the-voice-referendum-consider-the-facts/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://australianchristians.org.au/jesus-the-real-hope-of-the-world-and-australias-parliament/|title=Jesus, the real HOPE of the world (and Australia's Parliament) – Australian Christians|date=12 December 2022|website=australianchristians.org.au|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=28 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328045135/https://australianchristians.org.au/jesus-the-real-hope-of-the-world-and-australias-parliament/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://australianchristians.org.au/jesus-the-real-hope-of-the-world-and-australias-parliament/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web |last1=Pavlou |first1=Drew |title=Just consulted the board – big support. |url=https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/1647812826533351424 |website=Twitter |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=21 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021110427/https://twitter.com/DrewPavlou/status/1647812826533351424 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release|url=https://www.ldp.org.au/silence_an_indigenous_voice_lib_dems_say|title=Silence an Indigenous Voice, LibDems say|website=Liberal Democrats|access-date=2023-04-20|archive-date=2023-03-23|date=5 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230323173848/https://www.ldp.org.au/silence_an_indigenous_voice_lib_dems_say|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.ldp.org.au/silence_an_indigenous_voice_lib_dems_say", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "press" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.reason.org.au/first_nations_self_determination_vic|title=First Nations Self Determination|website=Reason Australia|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=26 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230326185739/https://www.reason.org.au/first_nations_self_determination_vic|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.reason.org.au/first_nations_self_determination_vic", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://socialist-alliance.org/news/2023-01-19/voice-parliament-has-be-more-token-gesture|title=Voice to Parliament has to be more than a token gesture | Socialist Alliance|website=socialist-alliance.org|date=19 January 2023|access-date=19 May 2023|archive-date=19 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230519141346/https://socialist-alliance.org/news/2023-01-19/voice-parliament-has-be-more-token-gesture|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://socialist-alliance.org/news/2023-01-19/voice-parliament-has-be-more-token-gesture", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web |author1=Socialist Alliance National Council |title=Socialist Alliance position on the Voice |url=https://socialist-alliance.org/news/2023-09-11/socialist-alliance-position-voice |website=Socialist Alliance |access-date=20 October 2023 |date=11 September 2023 |archive-date=10 October 2023 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The decision led to Andrew Gee (politician)|Andrew Gee leaving the party to sit as an independent. The Nationals oppose the Voice on a federal level and in two states (National Party of Australia (SA)|South Australia and National Party of Australia – Victoria|Victoria), although the party supports it in New South Wales National Party|New South Wales, and WA Nationals|Western Australia.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news |date=30 November 2022 |title=Split in Nationals over Indigenous Voice to Parliament as Andrew Gee breaks ranks |website=ABC News (Australia) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/split-in-nationals-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-andrew-gee/101714738 |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416183516/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/split-in-nationals-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-andrew-gee/101714738 |url-status=live }}|", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/split-in-nationals-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-andrew-gee/101714738", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |title=Nationals will oppose Indigenous Voice to Parliament |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/nationals-will-not-support-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-david-littleproud-politics-news/6a13603c-0473-4baf-8488-7fbc52cfc63d |date=28 November 2022 |first=Rebecca |last=Masters |access-date=23 January 2023 |website=Nine News |archive-date=28 November 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221128074437/https://www.9news.com.au/national/nationals-will-not-support-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-david-littleproud-politics-news/6a13603c-0473-4baf-8488-7fbc52cfc63d |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/nationals-will-not-support-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-david-littleproud-politics-news/6a13603c-0473-4baf-8488-7fbc52cfc63d", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "6.2.4.s2", "text": "Federally, the Liberal Party opposed the Voice, with leader Peter Dutton repeatedly asking for more information before they could make a decision, before deciding on 5 April 2023 to reject the Voice. The Liberals offered an alternative proposal and do support the constitutional recognition of Indigenous Australians. Only backbenchers have been allowed a conscience vote on the issue, while members of the Coalition Shadow Ministry of Peter Dutton|Shadow Ministry are obliged to oppose the Voice. Despite the Liberal Party's federal position, the party is supportive of the Voice in New South Wales and Tasmania.", "references": [ { "text": " The Western Australian branch was initially supportive, but changed their position in August 2023. On 3 September, Dutton committed to hold a second referendum on Indigenous recognition if the Voice referendum failed, while also expressing support for his party's election proposal for a series of legislated local bodies (without a national one).{{cite news|url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/peter-dutton-pledges-second-voice-referendum-if-vote-fails/ce9c02e5-d72a-4cfe-ad6d-8506aee71c70|title=Peter Dutton pledges to hold second referendum if Voice vote fails|publisher=9News|date=2023-09-03|access-date=2023-09-16|archive-date=15 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230915105516/https://www.9news.com.au/national/peter-dutton-pledges-second-voice-referendum-if-vote-fails/ce9c02e5-d72a-4cfe-ad6d-8506aee71c70|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/peter-dutton-pledges-second-voice-referendum-if-vote-fails/ce9c02e5-d72a-4cfe-ad6d-8506aee71c70", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] }, { "id": "6.2.4.s3", "text": "Former Liberal MP, and Indigenous Australians Minister, Ken Wyatt, quit the Liberal Party on 6 April 2023, in response to the Federal Liberal Party's opposition to the Voice. Later, Julian Leeser (the member for Division of Berowra|Berowra) resigned from the Shadow ministry of Peter Dutton|Shadow Cabinet to support the Voice and campaign for an improved wording, although he did not quit the party and still remains in Parliament as a Liberal backbencher.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news |date=2023-04-06 |title=Former MP Ken Wyatt quits Liberals after party decides not to back Voice |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/ken-wyatt-quits-liberals-over-voice-to-parliament-stance/102197862 |access-date=2023-04-06 |archive-date=6 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230406081744/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/ken-wyatt-quits-liberals-over-voice-to-parliament-stance/102197862 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-06/ken-wyatt-quits-liberals-over-voice-to-parliament-stance/102197862", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web |last=Karp |first=Paul |date=11 April 2023 |title=Julian Leeser resigns from shadow cabinet over Liberals' voice stance |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/11/julian-leeser-resigns-from-shadow-cabinet-over-liberals-voice-stance |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=The Guardian |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411010645/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/11/julian-leeser-resigns-from-shadow-cabinet-over-liberals-voice-stance |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/apr/11/julian-leeser-resigns-from-shadow-cabinet-over-liberals-voice-stance", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web |last=Meacham |first=Savannah |date=11 April 2023 |title=Julian Leeser quits Liberal frontbench to support Voice to parliament |url=https://www.9news.com.au/national/shadow-attorney-general-julian-leeser-resigns-cabinet/11661bfb-8fcf-4076-83a4-2182ae5004cd |access-date=11 April 2023 |website=Nine News |format=video + text |archive-date=11 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230411015142/https://www.9news.com.au/national/shadow-attorney-general-julian-leeser-resigns-cabinet/11661bfb-8fcf-4076-83a4-2182ae5004cd |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.9news.com.au/national/shadow-attorney-general-julian-leeser-resigns-cabinet/11661bfb-8fcf-4076-83a4-2182ae5004cd", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "6.2.4.s4", "text": "Since the resignation of Dominic Perrottet (a supporter of the Voice) as leader of the NSW Liberal Party after he led the party to defeat at the 2023 New South Wales state election|2023 state election, most of the support for the Voice from Liberal members has come from Tasmania or from backbenchers, despite state branches refusing to bind their party or frontbenches by a stance (despite the federal Coalition binding its shadow ministers to oppose the Voice). Of other state Liberal leaders, New South Wales leader Mark Speakman supports the Voice, while Western Australian leader Libby Mettam initially supported the Voice, but then began opposing it due to the state's controversial Aboriginal heritage laws. The Liberals for Yes campaign was launched in 2023 as an attempt to attract support for the Voice from centre-right, liberal conservative individuals.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-12/nsw-lib-leader-mark-speakman-supports-the-voice-referendum/102722388 | title=NSW Opposition Leader Mark Speakman throws personal support behind the Voice referendum – ABC News | access-date=13 August 2023 | archive-date=13 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813054111/https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102722388 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-08-12/nsw-lib-leader-mark-speakman-supports-the-voice-referendum/102722388", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/liberal-leaders-remain-divided-on-indigenous-voice-vote/ | title=Liberal leaders remain divided on Indigenous voice vote | date=13 August 2023 | access-date=13 August 2023 | archive-date=13 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813054109/https://www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/liberal-leaders-remain-divided-on-indigenous-voice-vote/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.seymourtelegraph.com.au/national/liberal-leaders-remain-divided-on-indigenous-voice-vote/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://liberalsforyes.com.au/|title=Liberals for Yes|date=2 September 2023|website=Liberals for Yes|access-date=13 August 2023|archive-date=13 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813054108/https://liberalsforyes.com.au/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.axpublisherdigital.com/invite-journalist-to-events", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "6.2.4.s5", "text": "Similar to New South Wales, the Victorian Liberal Party has allowed its members a conscience vote on the issue. The Victorian branch has not yet declared its stance on the Voice. However, party leader John Pesutto confirmed his personal stance and other members have voiced their personal opinions (#Victorian Liberal Party|see below).", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-opposition-leader-john-pesutto-to-vote-no-on-indigenous-voice-20230904-p5e1vp.html|title=Victorian Opposition Leader John Pesutto to vote No on Indigenous Voice|first=Annika|last=Smethurst|author-link=Annika Smethurst|date=4 September 2023|newspaper=The Age|access-date=4 September 2023|archive-date=4 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904065935/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-opposition-leader-john-pesutto-to-vote-no-on-indigenous-voice-20230904-p5e1vp.html|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/victorian-opposition-leader-john-pesutto-to-vote-no-on-indigenous-voice-20230904-p5e1vp.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |title=Voice to parliament: Yes campaign's only public backer in Victorian Liberals is Jess Wilson |url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-sole-victorian-liberal-mp-publicly-backing-the-voice-20230812-p5dvy5.html |access-date=2023-08-13 |website=amp.theage.com.au |archive-date=13 August 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230813054112/https://amp.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-sole-victorian-liberal-mp-publicly-backing-the-voice-20230812-p5dvy5.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-sole-victorian-liberal-mp-publicly-backing-the-voice-20230812-p5dvy5.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "6.2.4.s6", "text": "{| class=\"wikitable sortable\"\n! colspan=\"2\" | Party\n! Stance\n! Notes and references\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|\n| Canberra Liberals\n| {{N/A|Ambiguous}}\n| The Canberra Liberals have given its MPs a conscience vote on the issue. The party's leader, Elizabeth Lee (politician)|Elizabeth Lee, supports the Voice.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Country Liberal}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|CLP}}\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| On 19 February 2023, the Country Liberal Party's rank-and-file voted to oppose the Voice. However, members of the party have differing opinions; the party's sole federal senator, Jacinta Price, opposes the Voice, while the party's leader in the Northern Territory, Lia Finocchiaro, said in mid-March that she supported the Voice in principle, but needed more detail. However, on 22 August, Finocchiaro confirmed that she would be voting \"no\", saying the government had not given enough information about the Voice and she was concerned that the Voice would not adequately represent Aboriginal Territorians, though she also said that party members were allowed a free vote on the issue and that she would not be campaigning against the Voice.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal National}}|\n| {{Australian politics/name|Liberal National}}\n| {{N/A|Ambiguous}}\n| The LNP has not stated a clear position on the Voice. The party's leader in Queensland, David Crisafulli, announced he has an \"open mind\" on the issue.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|\n| Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division)|NSW Liberals\n| {{N/A|Ambiguous}}\n| Former Premier of New South Wales|New South Wales Premier Dominic Perrottet (who was Premier and Liberal leader from 2021 Liberal Party of Australia (New South Wales Division) leadership election|2021 to 2023 New South Wales state election|2023) supports the Voice. The current leader, Mark Speakman, announced that members of the party will be given a free vote on the issue. On 12 August 2023, Speakman announced that he personally supports the Voice, but would not be campaigning for it. David Speirs remains undecided on the Voice, but has stated that the South Australian Liberals will remain neutral and would not campaign for either side. However, Speirs later stated that he and the party would oppose the Voice.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|National}}|\n| National Party of Australia (SA)|SA Nationals\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|\n| Liberal Party of Australia (Tasmanian Division)|Tasmanian Liberals\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Tasmanian premier Jeremy Rockliff openly supports the Voice. Rockliff vowed to campaign \"vigorously\" in favour of the Voice. The Victorian Liberals decided in May 2023 to allow members to have a conscience vote on this issue. Only Jess Wilson, the Electoral district of Kew|Member for Kew, has publicly confirmed she will vote \"yes\" in the referendum, while the majority of Victorian Liberal MPs have publicly stated they will vote \"no\". On 4 September, Pesutto declared that he will be voting \"no\" in the referendum but would not be campaigning against it.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|\n| Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|WA Liberals\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| Libby Mettam, the leader of Liberal Party of Australia (Western Australian Division)|the party's Western Australian division, announced the party's opposition in August 2023. She had previously endorsed the Voice.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|National}}|\n| National Party of Australia (WA)|WA Nationals\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| Former leader Mia Davies stated her party's support for the Voice during her time as leader. While current leader Shane Love initially supported the Voice, he later announced that he and the party would oppose the Voice, following a similar decision made earlier by the WA Liberal Party.\n|}", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | title=Canberra Libs to have free vote on the Voice | website=Canberra CityNews | date=16 March 2023 | url=https://citynews.com.au/2023/canberra-libs-to-have-free-vote-on-the-voice/ | access-date=19 April 2023 | archive-date=1 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901061726/https://citynews.com.au/2023/canberra-libs-to-have-free-vote-on-the-voice/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://citynews.com.au/2023/canberra-libs-to-have-free-vote-on-the-voice/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Maley |first=Jacqueline |date=2023-06-03 |title=It's OK to vote Yes: Meet the Liberals campaigning for the Voice |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-okay-to-vote-yes-meet-the-liberals-campaigning-for-the-voice-20230603-p5ddn4.html |access-date=2023-08-13 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=10 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230610153126/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-okay-to-vote-yes-meet-the-liberals-campaigning-for-the-voice-20230603-p5ddn4.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-okay-to-vote-yes-meet-the-liberals-campaigning-for-the-voice-20230603-p5ddn4.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": " Mark Parton has announced his support for the Voice, while former opposition leader Jeremy Hanson has announced his opposition to the proposal.{{Cite news |last=French |first=Ethan |date=19 April 2023 |title=Canberra Liberals MLA Mark Parton says he will vote yes to an Indigenous Voice to Parliament, putting him at odds with party colleague |work=ABC News (Australia) |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/canberra-liberals-mark-parton-says-yes-to-voice-to-parliament/102242280 |access-date=19 April 2023 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419063900/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/canberra-liberals-mark-parton-says-yes-to-voice-to-parliament/102242280 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-19/canberra-liberals-mark-parton-says-yes-to-voice-to-parliament/102242280", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Morgan | first=Thomas | title=Rank-and-file of NT's Country Liberal Party support motions backing No campaign of Voice to Parliament | website=ABC News (Australia) | date=19 February 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-19/nt-clp-no-voice-to-parliament-split-central-council/101995356 | access-date=19 April 2023 | archive-date=18 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230418175359/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-19/nt-clp-no-voice-to-parliament-split-central-council/101995356 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-19/nt-clp-no-voice-to-parliament-split-central-council/101995356", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Cunningham | first=Matt | title=Country Liberal Party to oppose Voice | website=Sky News Australia | date=18 February 2023 | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/northern-territorys-country-liberal-party-to-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/58cca1c6c0184543aa6fcdddc5d4eed5 | access-date=7 June 2023 | archive-date=28 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328023635/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/northern-territorys-country-liberal-party-to-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/58cca1c6c0184543aa6fcdddc5d4eed5 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/northern-territorys-country-liberal-party-to-oppose-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/58cca1c6c0184543aa6fcdddc5d4eed5?nk=7e453de0cb1cda15a9d6dcba23d2d5cb-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/nt-country-liberal-party-branches-build-case-against-divisive-voice-to-parliament/news-story/246b3edd5fc5e8a8df5430f47335127e|title=CLP's internal division on Voice to Parliament|website=NT News| url-access=subscription}}", "url": "https://www.ntnews.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=NTWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/northern-territory/nt-country-liberal-party-branches-build-case-against-divisive-voice-to-parliament/news-story/246b3edd5fc5e8a8df5430f47335127e&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&nk=c57af2251315cafe6c720ba0dc400ec1-1745143092", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/nt-jacinta-price-clp-split-unified-voice-to-parliament/102089250 | title=After a dramatic resignation, Jacinta Price says the NT Country Liberal Party is united against the Voice | newspaper=ABC News | date=13 March 2023 | access-date=31 March 2023 | archive-date=31 March 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331034930/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/nt-jacinta-price-clp-split-unified-voice-to-parliament/102089250 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-03-14/nt-jacinta-price-clp-split-unified-voice-to-parliament/102089250", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/nt-opposition-leader-lia-finocchiaro-reveals-voice-stance-says-canberrabased-body-wont-adequately-represent-aboriginal-territorians/news-story/45be419c16b1399e85a886fb13d65845?amp | website=Sky News Australia | title='Canberra-based body' won't represent Aboriginal Territorians: NT Opp leader | date=22 August 2023 | access-date=23 August 2023 | archive-date=23 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230823080247/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/nt-opposition-leader-lia-finocchiaro-reveals-voice-stance-says-canberrabased-body-wont-adequately-represent-aboriginal-territorians/news-story/45be419c16b1399e85a886fb13d65845?amp | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/nt-opposition-leader-lia-finocchiaro-reveals-voice-stance-says-canberrabased-body-wont-adequately-represent-aboriginal-territorians/news-story/45be419c16b1399e85a886fb13d65845?amp&nk=2ace1d6044faeeee30aedc72edfbfb7e-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news |last1=Gillespie |first1=Eden |title=Queensland premier calls for clear LNP position on voice |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/apr/13/australia-news-live-politics-cost-of-sydney-metro-jobs-figures-unemployment-indigenous-voice-to-parliament?page=with:block-64375a548f0885230b2d9b4b#block-64375a548f0885230b2d9b4b |access-date=14 April 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=13 April 2023 |archive-date=14 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414020130/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/apr/13/australia-news-live-politics-cost-of-sydney-metro-jobs-figures-unemployment-indigenous-voice-to-parliament?page=with:block-64375a548f0885230b2d9b4b#block-64375a548f0885230b2d9b4b |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2023/apr/13/australia-news-live-politics-cost-of-sydney-metro-jobs-figures-unemployment-indigenous-voice-to-parliament?page=with:block-64375a548f0885230b2d9b4b", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news |title=Crisafulli won't reveal position on Voice to Parliament |url=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/qld-lnp-leader-david-crisafulli-wont-reveal-position-on-voice-to-parliament/news-story/11a1467aa99aec81e11868b0c0d36e35 |access-date=12 April 2023 |work=Courier Mail |publisher=News Corp |date=5 April 2023 |archive-date=12 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230412225630/https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/qld-lnp-leader-david-crisafulli-wont-reveal-position-on-voice-to-parliament/news-story/11a1467aa99aec81e11868b0c0d36e35 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.couriermail.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=CMWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/qld-politics/qld-lnp-leader-david-crisafulli-wont-reveal-position-on-voice-to-parliament/news-story/11a1467aa99aec81e11868b0c0d36e35&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPA-Segment-1-NOSCORE&nk=d0231535ae36792af3a49b2aab386b6c-1745143092", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": " Crisafulli later announced that he would oppose the Voice, but the LNP would be given a conscience vote on the issue and that he would not be campaigning against it.{{cite web | title=Voice to parliament: Qld LNP leader David Crisafulli to vote no but allow MPs freedom | publisher=Brisbane Times | date=31 May 2023 | url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/queensland-lnp-leader-to-vote-against-indigenous-voice-20230531-p5dcu7.html | access-date=19 June 2023 | archive-date=1 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601060349/https://amp.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/queensland-lnp-leader-to-vote-against-indigenous-voice-20230531-p5dcu7.html | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/queensland-lnp-leader-to-vote-against-indigenous-voice-20230531-p5dcu7.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/should-be-above-politics-liberal-leaders-dominic-perrottet-and-peter-dutton-divided-as-national-cabinet-signs-on-to-support-voice-to-parliament/news-story/3444e29648494577fb2aeb77066080a0?amp|title=Should be above politics': Liberal leaders Dominic Perrottet and Peter Dutton divided as National Cabinet signs on to support Voice to Parliament|website=Sky News Australia|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=19 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319001511/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/should-be-above-politics-liberal-leaders-dominic-perrottet-and-peter-dutton-divided-as-national-cabinet-signs-on-to-support-voice-to-parliament/news-story/3444e29648494577fb2aeb77066080a0?amp|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/should-be-above-politics-liberal-leaders-dominic-perrottet-and-peter-dutton-divided-as-national-cabinet-signs-on-to-support-voice-to-parliament/news-story/3444e29648494577fb2aeb77066080a0?amp&nk=0cfe542e4f3bcc36cd560e43affb3524-1745143090", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Costin | first=Luke | title=NSW coalition MPs free to campaign yes or no to voice | website=South Coast Register | date=10 May 2023 | url=https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/8190387/nsw-coalition-mps-free-to-campaign-yes-or-no-to-voice/ | access-date=19 June 2023 | archive-date=19 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619104223/https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/8190387/nsw-coalition-mps-free-to-campaign-yes-or-no-to-voice/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.southcoastregister.com.au/story/8190387/nsw-coalition-mps-free-to-campaign-yes-or-no-to-voice/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|National}}|\n| National Party of Australia – NSW|NSW Nationals\n| {{No|Oppose}}\n| The NSW Nationals opposed the Voice, formally opposing it at their Senior Party Conference in July 2023. However, like the NSW Liberal Party, the NSW Nationals announced that they would give their members a free vote on the issue.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|\n| Liberal Party of Australia (South Australian Division)|SA Liberals\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| The South Australian division opposes the state's version of the Voice to Parliament, but has not yet made a stance on the federal version.{{cite web| title=South Australian Liberals to oppose state First Nations Voice to Parliament proposal| website=ABC News (Australia)| date=21 February 2023| url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/sa-liberals-to-oppose-proposed-first-nations-voice-to-parliament/102002038| access-date=20 April 2023| archive-date=17 April 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230417060222/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/sa-liberals-to-oppose-proposed-first-nations-voice-to-parliament/102002038| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-21/sa-liberals-to-oppose-proposed-first-nations-voice-to-parliament/102002038", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adelaidenow.com.au%2Fnews%2Fsouth-australia%2Fsa-liberals-will-not-campaign-for-or-against-federal-voice-to-parliament%2Fnews-story%2F87bdba2ad928617c4630b402f8efe189&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-low-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append| title=SA Liberals will hold no stance on federal Indigenous Voice|quote=SA Opposition leader David Speirs says it is up to individual Australians to make their own decision in voting yes or no for a national Indigenous Voice to parliament at a referendum later this year.| website= The Advertiser (Adelaide)|The Advertiser| url-access=subscription}}", "url": "https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=AAWEB_WRE170_a_GGL&dest=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/sa-liberals-will-not-campaign-for-or-against-federal-voice-to-parliament/news-story/87bdba2ad928617c4630b402f8efe189&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=dynamic-low-test-score&V21spcbehaviour=append&nk=c63674a83c96292a05e9ddbc153942ed-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Walter | first=Riley | title=SA Libs reveal stance on Voice to Parliament | website=adelaidenow | date=27 July 2023 | url=https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/opposition-leader-david-speirs-says-sa-liberal-party-will-not-back-federal-voice-to-parliament/news-story/ad23dcee83bedcc5de4a12f765854140?amp&nk=bbdef3ad0a28165353a9727e7772ddcf-1696307439 | access-date=3 October 2023}}{{Subscription required}}", "url": "https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/opposition-leader-david-speirs-says-sa-liberal-party-will-not-back-federal-voice-to-parliament/news-story/ad23dcee83bedcc5de4a12f765854140?amp&nk=bbdef3ad0a28165353a9727e7772ddcf-1696307439", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8287133/sa-liberals-to-oppose-voice-ahead-of-referendum/ | title=SA Liberals to oppose voice ahead of referendum | date=28 July 2023 | access-date=24 August 2023 | archive-date=1 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901073214/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8287133/sa-liberals-to-oppose-voice-ahead-of-referendum/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8287133/sa-liberals-to-oppose-voice-ahead-of-referendum/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://nit.com.au/28-07-2023/6981/south-australian-liberal-party-opposes-national-voice-to-parliament|title=South Australian Liberal Party opposes national Voi... | NIT|access-date=3 October 2023|archive-date=24 August 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230824220503/https://nit.com.au/28-07-2023/6981/south-australian-liberal-party-opposes-national-voice-to-parliament|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://nit.com.au/28-07-2023/6981/south-australian-liberal-party-opposes-national-voice-to-parliament", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web| url=https://www.facebook.com/SANationals/posts/pfbid032AJJqjHh7cWbCpgwxTKEc4SQQQ3PdnztcSZQeUi9xNUMPkzVzchKbTqccB6YUeKNl?__cft__[0]=AZVt9dvBHqLk72xdBgQI1Lk2SV5N0GR0SKdoGW0BKE9p2kOOH0jtfHC_JvONj7buxI114C_0NmLWX7RnE6ai54gLERR6aU0scxo90vmM-6UL5lzq1g3Ue-APrCnAx3vOrBzEoB4zh6w4Lsmh1Q4ZDwmy1lwpkryzqcpHK7d7AlY92JPEGzuRm_EPFK9QQEWFSNQ&__tn__=%2CO%2CP-R| via=Facebook| publisher=SA Nationals| title=We Support Real Change, say No to The Voice.| date=5 April 2023| access-date=19 April 2023| archive-date=20 April 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420181120/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FSANationals%2Fposts%2Fpfbid032AJJqjHh7cWbCpgwxTKEc4SQQQ3PdnztcSZQeUi9xNUMPkzVzchKbTqccB6YUeKNl%3F__cft__%255B0%255D%3DAZVt9dvBHqLk72xdBgQI1Lk2SV5N0GR0SKdoGW0BKE9p2kOOH0jtfHC_JvONj7buxI114C_0NmLWX7RnE6ai54gLERR6aU0scxo90vmM-6UL5lzq1g3Ue-APrCnAx3vOrBzEoB4zh6w4Lsmh1Q4ZDwmy1lwpkryzqcpHK7d7AlY92JPEGzuRm_EPFK9QQEWFSNQ%26__tn__%3D%252CO%252CP-R| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/SANationals/posts/pfbid032AJJqjHh7cWbCpgwxTKEc4SQQQ3PdnztcSZQeUi9xNUMPkzVzchKbTqccB6YUeKNl?__cft__&", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Liberal}}|\n|Liberal Party of Australia (Victorian Division)|Victorian Liberals\n| {{N/A|Ambiguous}}\n| John Pesutto, the leader of the party's Victorian division, was initially unclear on the party's position citing a lack of detail on the proposal.{{cite news |last1=McCubbing |first1=Gus |title=Victorian Liberals question Voice after listening to their 'gut' |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/victorian-liberals-question-voice-after-listening-to-their-gut-20230212-p5cjty |access-date=13 April 2023 |work=Australian Financial Review |date=12 February 2023 |language=en |archive-date=19 March 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319031505/https://www.afr.com/politics/victorian-liberals-question-voice-after-listening-to-their-gut-20230212-p5cjty |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.afr.com/politics/victorian-liberals-question-voice-after-listening-to-their-gut-20230212-p5cjty", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Victorian Liberal MPs to have free vote in Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum | publisher=ABC News (Australia) | first=Dan | last=Oakes | date=2 May 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-02/victorian-liberals-on-voice-to-parliament/102285654 | access-date=19 June 2023 | archive-date=18 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230618235053/https://amp.abc.net.au/article/102285654 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-02/victorian-liberals-on-voice-to-parliament/102285654", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news|url=https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-sole-victorian-liberal-mp-publicly-backing-the-voice-20230812-p5dvy5.html|title=The sole Victorian Liberal MP publicly backing the Voice|first=Annika|last=Smethurst|author-link=Annika Smethurst|date=12 August 2023|newspaper=The Age|access-date=17 September 2023|archive-date=24 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230924070736/https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-sole-victorian-liberal-mp-publicly-backing-the-voice-20230812-p5dvy5.html|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/politics/victoria/the-sole-victorian-liberal-mp-publicly-backing-the-voice-20230812-p5dvy5.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|National}}|\n| National Party of Australia – Victoria|Victorian Nationals\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| Peter Walsh (Victorian politician)|Peter Walsh, the leader of National Party of Australia – Victoria|the Nationals in Victoria, backed the federal Nationals' decision.{{cite web | title=Victorian Nationals back federal party's stance on Indigenous Voice to Parliament | website=ABC News | date=29 November 2022 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/victorian-nationals-on-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/101714488 | access-date=16 April 2023 | archive-date=15 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415130047/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/victorian-nationals-on-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/101714488 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-30/victorian-nationals-on-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/101714488", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Sorensen |first=Hayley |date=2023-08-10 |title='Why I can't vote Yes': Mettam reveals why she changed mind |url=https://thewest.com.au/opinion/libby-mettam/libby-mettam-wa-liberal-leader-has-revealed-why-she-no-longer-supports-the-voice-to-parliament--c-11549063 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20230811060836/https://thewest.com.au/opinion/libby-mettam/libby-mettam-wa-liberal-leader-has-revealed-why-she-no-longer-supports-the-voice-to-parliament--c-11549063 |archive-date=2023-08-11 |access-date=2023-08-11 |website=The West Australian |publisher=Seven West Media |language=en-AU |publication-place=Perth}}", "url": "https://thewest.com.au/opinion/libby-mettam/libby-mettam-wa-liberal-leader-has-revealed-why-she-no-longer-supports-the-voice-to-parliament--c-11549063", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/western-australia-national-party-split-from-federal-counterparts-over-support-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/653d62252a0d5cabeb291b0a966b8ca1?amp|title=Western Australia National Party split from federal counterparts over support for Indigenous Voice to Parliament|website=Sky News Australia|date=29 November 2022|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=6 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206050337/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/western-australia-national-party-split-from-federal-counterparts-over-support-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/653d62252a0d5cabeb291b0a966b8ca1?amp|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/western-australia-national-party-split-from-federal-counterparts-over-support-for-indigenous-voice-to-parliament/news-story/653d62252a0d5cabeb291b0a966b8ca1?amp&nk=81cf5689c68a019d610cdfa19a9eab0f-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-29/wa-nationals-party-breaks-ranks-over-indigenous-voice-policy/101710240|title=West Australian National Party breaks ranks over Indigenous Voice to Parliament|website=ABC News (Australia)|date=29 November 2022|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405085034/https://amp.abc.net.au/article/101710240|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-11-29/wa-nationals-party-breaks-ranks-over-indigenous-voice-policy/101710240", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://thewest.com.au/news/indigenous-voice-to-parliament/wa-nationals-withdraw-support-for-voice-in-massive-referendum-backflip-c-11702102 | title=Voice Backflip: WA Nats withdraw referendum support | date=26 August 2023 | access-date=26 August 2023 | archive-date=26 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230826082631/https://thewest.com.au/news/indigenous-voice-to-parliament/wa-nationals-withdraw-support-for-voice-in-massive-referendum-backflip-c-11702102 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://thewest.com.au/news/indigenous-voice-to-parliament/wa-nationals-withdraw-support-for-voice-in-massive-referendum-backflip-c-11702102", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "6.3", "title": "Independents", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "6.3.s1", "text": "{| class=\"wikitable sortable\"\n! colspan=\"2\" | Name\n! 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Notes and references\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Kate Chaney\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Zoe Daniel\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Andrew Gee (politician)|Andrew Gee\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Gee defected from the National Party in December 2022, shortly after the party announced its opposition to the Voice, citing a need to support the Voice as a key reason for leaving the party, although party leader David Littleproud mentioned other disagreements that led to the decision.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Helen Haines\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| David Pocock\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Monique Ryan\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Sophie Scamps\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Scamps referred to the First Nations Voice to Parliament as a \"generous invitation\" in her first speech to Parliament in August 2022.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Allegra Spender\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Zali Steggall\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Lidia Thorpe\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| In August 2022, when still Greens Indigenous affairs spokesperson, Thorpe called for Indigenous treaties in Australia|Treaty before Voice. Defecting from the Greens in February 2023, she said that she wished to lead the Australian Indigenous Sovereignty|\"Blak sovereignty\" movement and campaign for such a treaty before implementation of the Voice, which would be \"powerless\".{{efn|She also suggested that all of the recommendations from the ''Bringing Them Home'' report and Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody should be implemented before the Voice.}} In May 2023, she ruled out supporting the ''No'' campaign and said she would consider abstaining. On 20 June Thorpe joined the official ''No'' campaign, after she had voted ''No'' to the referendum bill in the Senate on 19 June. On 20 July, Thorpe released her own pamphlet advocating against the Voice, criticising both the official ''Yes'' and ''No'' pamphlets, and claiming that she had been unfairly excluded from contributing to the official ''No'' case, which she condemned as racist.\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Kylea Tink\n| {{yes|Support}}\n|\n|-\n| {{Australian party style|Independent}}|\n| Andrew Wilkie\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| \n|}", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.katechaney.com.au/policies/communities|title=Inclusive communities|website=Kate Chaney|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=22 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322194329/https://www.katechaney.com.au/policies/communities|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.katechaney.com.au/policies/communities", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://zoedaniel.com.au/policies/recognition-for-first-nations-australians/|title=Zoe Daniel Recognition for First Nations Australians|website=Zoe Daniel|access-date=7 September 2023|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907100726/https://zoedaniel.com.au/policies/recognition-for-first-nations-australians/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://zoedaniel.com.au/policies/recognition-for-first-nations-australians/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/23/nationals-mp-andrew-gee-quits-party-citing-opposition-to-indigenous-voice|title=Nationals MP Andrew Gee quits party citing its opposition to Indigenous voice|first=Paul|last=Karp|date=23 December 2022|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=4 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230404083907/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/23/nationals-mp-andrew-gee-quits-party-citing-opposition-to-indigenous-voice|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/dec/23/nationals-mp-andrew-gee-quits-party-citing-opposition-to-indigenous-voice", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/david-littleproud-says-andrew-gee-didnt-quit-the-nationals-because-of-voice/news-story/6360de5d872e61544fa2b5ff05831158|title=David Littleproud says Andrew Gee didn't quit the Nationals because of Voice|website=news.com.au|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=29 January 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230129010143/https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/david-littleproud-says-andrew-gee-didnt-quit-the-nationals-because-of-voice/news-story/6360de5d872e61544fa2b5ff05831158|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/david-littleproud-says-andrew-gee-didnt-quit-the-nationals-because-of-voice/news-story/6360de5d872e61544fa2b5ff05831158", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.helenhaines.org/issues/where-i-stand-on/|title=Where I stand on...|website=Helen Haines MP – Independent Federal Member for Indi|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=21 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321142433/https://www.helenhaines.org/issues/where-i-stand-on/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.helenhaines.org/issues/where-i-stand-on/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.davidpocock.com.au/senator_pocock_s_first_speech|title=Senator Pocock's First Speech|website=David Pocock|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=25 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230325221138/https://www.davidpocock.com.au/senator_pocock_s_first_speech|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.davidpocock.com.au/senator_pocock_s_first_speech", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.moniqueryan.com.au/policies|title=Policy Priorities|website=Dr Monique Ryan for Kooyong|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=2 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230402184530/https://www.moniqueryan.com.au/policies|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.moniqueryan.com.au/policies", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.sophiescamps.com.au/first_speech|title=Dr Sophie Scamps' first speech in Parliament|website=Dr Sophie Scamps|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324201412/https://www.sophiescamps.com.au/first_speech|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.sophiescamps.com.au/first_speech", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.allegraspender.com.au/more_policy_positions|title=Other Policies|website=Allegra Spender|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=3 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230303034805/https://www.allegraspender.com.au/more_policy_positions|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.allegraspender.com.au/more_policy_positions", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.zalisteggall.com.au/where_does_zali_stand_on|title=Where does Zali stand on...|website=Zali Steggall|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=24 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230324095446/https://www.zalisteggall.com.au/where_does_zali_stand_on|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.zalisteggall.com.au/where_does_zali_stand_on", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7853291/on-the-table-greens-want-treaty-before-backing-voice-to-parliament/|title='On the table': Greens want treaty before backing Voice to Parliament|date=9 August 2022|website=The Canberra Times|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=13 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213060426/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7853291/on-the-table-greens-want-treaty-before-backing-voice-to-parliament/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/7853291/on-the-table-greens-want-treaty-before-backing-voice-to-parliament/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Butler | first=Dan | title='I am here for a reason': defiant Lidia Thorpe says she will stay put to pursue Treaty and Sovereignty | website=NITV | date=7 February 2023 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/i-am-here-for-a-reason-newly-independent-lidia-thorpe-defiant-as-she-declares-blak-sovereign-movement/0ev8gamgt | access-date=17 May 2023 | archive-date=17 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517102446/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/i-am-here-for-a-reason-newly-independent-lidia-thorpe-defiant-as-she-declares-blak-sovereign-movement/0ev8gamgt | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/i-am-here-for-a-reason-newly-independent-lidia-thorpe-defiant-as-she-declares-blak-sovereign-movement/0ev8gamgt", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Revell | first=Jack | title=What Is the Blak Sovereign Movement Lidia Thorpe Wants to Lead? | website=The Latch | date=10 February 2023 | url=https://thelatch.com.au/what-does-black-sovereignty-mean/ | access-date=17 May 2023 | archive-date=17 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517102449/https://thelatch.com.au/what-does-black-sovereignty-mean/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://thelatch.com.au/what-does-black-sovereignty-mean/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last1=Murphy-Oates | first1=Laura | last2=Karp | first2=Paul | last3=Herbert | first3=Miles | last4=Koning | first4=Joe | title=Lidia Thorpe on Blak sovereignty and leaving the Greens | format=podcast | website=The Guardian | date=14 February 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2023/feb/14/lidia-thorpe-on-blak-sovereignty-and-leaving-the-greens | access-date=17 May 2023 | archive-date=17 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517102446/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2023/feb/14/lidia-thorpe-on-blak-sovereignty-and-leaving-the-greens | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/audio/2023/feb/14/lidia-thorpe-on-blak-sovereignty-and-leaving-the-greens", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-07/lidia-thorpe-what-is-black-sovereignty/101937924|title=What is 'black sovereignty' and how does it conflict with the Voice?|date=6 February 2023|website=ABC News|access-date=31 March 2023|archive-date=1 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401024417/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-07/lidia-thorpe-what-is-black-sovereignty/101937924|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-02-07/lidia-thorpe-what-is-black-sovereignty/101937924", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Butler |first=Josh |date=2023-06-19 |title=Historic Indigenous voice referendum bill passes parliament ahead of public vote |language=en-AU |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-bill-passed-alter-constitution-public-vote-australia |access-date=2023-06-19 |archive-date=19 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619013634/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-bill-passed-alter-constitution-public-vote-australia |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-referendum-bill-passed-alter-constitution-public-vote-australia", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite news|last1=Sakkal |first2=Lisa |last2=Visentin |first1=Paul |date=2023-02-06 |title=Lidia Thorpe splits from Greens on Voice to parliament |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/thorpe-to-split-from-party-on-voice-20230206-p5ci5y.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230206052159/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/thorpe-to-split-from-party-on-voice-20230206-p5ci5y.html |archive-date=2023-02-06 |access-date=2023-04-03|newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald}}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/thorpe-to-split-from-party-on-voice-20230206-p5ci5y.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |title=Lidia Thorpe sets Voice terms, Ken Wyatt rejects 'offensive' Indigenous identity check |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/hold-the-line-lidia-thorpe-wont-commit-to-voice-position-unless-landmark-recommendations-implemented/k0492loe2 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230314073354/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/hold-the-line-lidia-thorpe-wont-commit-to-voice-position-unless-landmark-recommendations-implemented/k0492loe2 |archive-date=2023-03-14 |access-date=2023-04-03 |website=Special Broadcasting Service|SBS News |language=en}}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/hold-the-line-lidia-thorpe-wont-commit-to-voice-position-unless-landmark-recommendations-implemented/k0492loe2", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Visentin |first=Lisa |date=27 May 2023 |title=Thorpe says she won't lead progressive No campaign against the Voice |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/thorpe-says-she-won-t-lead-progressive-no-campaign-against-the-voice-20230526-p5dbn9.html |access-date=28 May 2023 |archive-date=27 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230527210255/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/thorpe-says-she-won-t-lead-progressive-no-campaign-against-the-voice-20230526-p5dbn9.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/thorpe-says-she-won-t-lead-progressive-no-campaign-against-the-voice-20230526-p5dbn9.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Morse |first=Dana |date=20 June 2023 |title=Lidia Thorpe announces she will be backing No campaign against Indigenous Voice |work=ABC News (Australia)|ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/lidia-thorpe-will-back-no-campaign-against-indigenous-voice-/102500592 |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620055728/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/lidia-thorpe-will-back-no-campaign-against-indigenous-voice-/102500592 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-20/lidia-thorpe-will-back-no-campaign-against-indigenous-voice-/102500592", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7019|title=Constitution Alteration (Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice) 2023|publisher=Commonwealth Parliament|location=Parliament House, Canberra|website=www.aph.gov.au|access-date=20 June 2023|archive-date=19 June 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230619091548/https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7019|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r7019", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last1=Butler |first1=Josh |last2=Allam |first2=Lorena |date=19 June 2023 |title=Tensions arise as Lidia Thorpe and Pauline Hanson vie to contribute to voice pamphlet |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/tensions-arise-as-lidia-thorpe-and-pauline-hanson-vie-to-contribute-to-voice-pamphlet |access-date=20 June 2023 |archive-date=20 June 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230620055725/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/tensions-arise-as-lidia-thorpe-and-pauline-hanson-vie-to-contribute-to-voice-pamphlet |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jun/19/tensions-arise-as-lidia-thorpe-and-pauline-hanson-vie-to-contribute-to-voice-pamphlet", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Massola |first=James |date=2023-07-20 |title=Blak Sovereign Movement blasts Yes and No camps, dismisses Voice as 'cheap window dressing' |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/blak-sovereign-movement-blasts-yes-and-no-camps-dismisses-voice-as-cheap-window-dressing-20230720-p5dpwq.html |access-date=2023-07-22 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |archive-date=22 July 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230722001346/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/blak-sovereign-movement-blasts-yes-and-no-camps-dismisses-voice-as-cheap-window-dressing-20230720-p5dpwq.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/blak-sovereign-movement-blasts-yes-and-no-camps-dismisses-voice-as-cheap-window-dressing-20230720-p5dpwq.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news| title=Teal backs voice, even if it fails referendum| newspaper=The Australian| date=20 January 2023| first=Sarah| last=Iveson| url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/teal-backs-voice-even-if-it-fails/news-story/68d76aaa3a8ed5a36b23ae1244f38ca3| access-date=19 April 2023| archive-date=19 April 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419114857/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/teal-backs-voice-even-if-it-fails/news-story/68d76aaa3a8ed5a36b23ae1244f38ca3| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/teal-backs-voice-even-if-it-fails/news-story/68d76aaa3a8ed5a36b23ae1244f38ca3&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPB-Segment-2-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append&nk=c57af2251315cafe6c720ba0dc400ec1-1745143092", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web |title=Every party's stance on the Voice to Parliament – and those who have split on the issue |url=https://www.6newsau.com/post/every-party-s-stance-on-the-voice-to-parliament-and-those-who-have-split-on-the-issue |publisher=6 News Australia |access-date=19 April 2023 |archive-date=19 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419051602/https://www.6newsau.com/post/every-party-s-stance-on-the-voice-to-parliament-and-those-who-have-split-on-the-issue |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.6newsau.com/post/every-party-s-stance-on-the-voice-to-parliament-and-those-who-have-split-on-the-issue", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Andrew in Parliament on Indigenous Land Rights, Closing the Gap & the Uluru Statement from the Heart | website=Andrew Wilkie | date=17 October 2021 | url=https://andrewwilkie.org/2021/10/andrew-in-parliament-on-indigenous-land-rights-closing-the-gap-the-uluru-statement-from-the-heart/ | access-date=17 May 2023 | archive-date=17 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517092307/https://andrewwilkie.org/2021/10/andrew-in-parliament-on-indigenous-land-rights-closing-the-gap-the-uluru-statement-from-the-heart/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://andrewwilkie.org/2021/10/andrew-in-parliament-on-indigenous-land-rights-closing-the-gap-the-uluru-statement-from-the-heart/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "6.4", "title": "Former prime ministers", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "6.4.s1", "text": "{| class=\"wikitable sortable\"\n! Prime Minister\n! Term\n! colspan=\"2\" | Party\n! Position\n! Notes and references\n|-\n| {{sortname|Paul|Keating}}\n| Keating government|1991–1996\n| {{Australian party style|Labor}} |\n| {{Australian politics/name|Labor}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Paul Keating strongly supported the Voice.\n|-\n| {{sortname|John|Howard}}\n| Howard government|1996–2007\n| {{Australian party style|Coalition}} |\n| {{Australian politics/name|Coalition}}\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| After initially not settling on a position, John Howard stated in an interview with ''The Australian'' that the Voice will \"create a new cockpit of conflict about how to help Indigenous people\".\n|-\n| {{sortname|Kevin|Rudd}}\n| Rudd government (2007–2010)|2007–2010, Rudd government (2013)|2013\n| {{Australian party style|Labor}} |\n| {{Australian politics/name|Labor}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Kevin Rudd supported the Voice to Parliament, stating that Tony Abbott's stance on the issue was \"wrong\".\n|-\n| {{sortname|Julia|Gillard}}\n| Gillard government|2010–2013\n| {{Australian party style|Labor}} |\n| {{Australian politics/name|Labor}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| Julia Gillard supported the Voice, along with Beyond Blue, which she is currently chairing.\n|-\n| {{sortname|Tony|Abbott}}\n| Abbott government|2013–2015\n| {{Australian party style|Coalition}} |\n| {{Australian politics/name|Coalition}}\n| {{no|Oppose}}\n| Tony Abbott opposed the Voice.\n|-\n| {{sortname|Malcolm|Turnbull}}\n| Turnbull government|2015–2018\n| {{Australian party style|Coalition}} |\n| {{Australian politics/name|Coalition}}\n| {{yes|Support}}\n| In August 2022, Malcolm Turnbull stated that despite his previous concerns, he would vote in favour of Albanese's proposal.\n|-\n| {{sortname|Scott|Morrison}}\n| Morrison government|2018–2022\n| {{Australian party style|Coalition}} |\n| {{Australian politics/name|Coalition}}\n| {{No|Oppose}}\n| While he was prime minister, Scott Morrison proposed legislated local and regional voices, but repeatedly ruled out holding a referendum on a constitutional voice. \n|}", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/06/labor-must-not-betray-indigenous-voters-by-delaying-voice-to-parliament-keating-and-pearson-say|title=Labor must not betray Indigenous voters by delaying voice to parliament, Keating and Pearson say|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422064750/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/06/labor-must-not-betray-indigenous-voters-by-delaying-voice-to-parliament-keating-and-pearson-say|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/apr/06/labor-must-not-betray-indigenous-voters-by-delaying-voice-to-parliament-keating-and-pearson-say", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Prime Minister hits back at John Howard, warning Indigenous Voice could be 'coercive' and divisive | website=The West Australian | date=18 August 2022 | url=https://thewest.com.au/news/indigenous-australians/prime-minister-hits-back-at-john-howard-warning-indigenous-voice-could-be-coercive-and-divisive-c-7926843 | access-date=16 April 2023 | archive-date=16 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416112627/https://thewest.com.au/news/indigenous-australians/prime-minister-hits-back-at-john-howard-warning-indigenous-voice-could-be-coercive-and-divisive-c-7926843 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://thewest.com.au/news/indigenous-australians/prime-minister-hits-back-at-john-howard-warning-indigenous-voice-could-be-coercive-and-divisive-c-7926843", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title='Why are we doing this to ourselves?' John Howard sees Indigenous voice to parliament as cockpit of conflict | website=The Australian | date=25 July 2023 | url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/why-are-we-doing-this-to-ourselves-john-howard-sees-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-as-cockpit-of-conflict/news-story/fa795537b37cfee3cfbf4d62d7948e55?amp= | access-date=27 July 2023}}", "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigenous/why-are-we-doing-this-to-ourselves-john-howard-sees-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-as-cockpit-of-conflict/news-story/fa795537b37cfee3cfbf4d62d7948e55?amp=&nk=731f50c2bee5265109961271e60e7703-1745143091", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/rudd-rebukes-abbott-for-stoking-anxiety-and-fear-over-voice-to-parliament-20220805-p5b7hs.html|title=Kevin Rudd says Tony Abbott is wrong on the Voice to parliament|website=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=5 August 2022|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422063857/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/rudd-rebukes-abbott-for-stoking-anxiety-and-fear-over-voice-to-parliament-20220805-p5b7hs.html|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/rudd-rebukes-abbott-for-stoking-anxiety-and-fear-over-voice-to-parliament-20220805-p5b7hs.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-30/julia-gillard-ken-wyatt-beyond-blue-support-voice-to-parliament/102406794|title=Beyond Blue chair and former prime minister Julia Gillard has announced the national mental health organisation will \"wholeheartedly\" support the Yes vote for an Indigenous Voice to Parliament|website=abc.net.au|date=30 May 2023|access-date=30 May 2023|archive-date=30 May 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230530024018/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-30/julia-gillard-ken-wyatt-beyond-blue-support-voice-to-parliament/102406794|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-30/julia-gillard-ken-wyatt-beyond-blue-support-voice-to-parliament/102406794", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/voice-to-parliament-wrong-in-principle-bad-in-practice-deeply-counterproductive-tony-abbott-says-in-stinging-critique/news-story/ee82c49897f1177264b2ed0a679589a7|title=Voice to Parliament wrong in principle, bad in practice: Tony Abbott|date=23 December 2022|website=Sky News Australia|access-date=5 April 2023|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212649/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/voice-to-parliament-wrong-in-principle-bad-in-practice-deeply-counterproductive-tony-abbott-says-in-stinging-critique/news-story/ee82c49897f1177264b2ed0a679589a7|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/voice-to-parliament-wrong-in-principle-bad-in-practice-deeply-counterproductive-tony-abbott-says-in-stinging-critique/news-story/ee82c49897f1177264b2ed0a679589a7?nk=05a5d8ea09b4a0e4ea17b788373483df-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/engaging-in-censorship-former-prime-minister-tony-abbott-blasts-tech-giants-for-pulling-antivoice-advertisements/news-story/219f294c4dc332b61cdd6f5b97057b41|title=Tony Abbott accuses tech of censoring 'no' campaign|date=4 January 2023|website=Sky News Australia|access-date=5 April 2023|archive-date=11 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230211212651/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/engaging-in-censorship-former-prime-minister-tony-abbott-blasts-tech-giants-for-pulling-antivoice-advertisements/news-story/219f294c4dc332b61cdd6f5b97057b41|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/engaging-in-censorship-former-prime-minister-tony-abbott-blasts-tech-giants-for-pulling-antivoice-advertisements/news-story/219f294c4dc332b61cdd6f5b97057b41?nk=d85cbcac0bdba9e68ab59382438ff421-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/01/tony-abbott-tells-cpac-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-would-promote-discrimination|title=Tony Abbott tells CPAC an Indigenous voice to parliament would promote 'discrimination'|newspaper=The Guardian|access-date=5 April 2023|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901084254/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/01/tony-abbott-tells-cpac-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-would-promote-discrimination|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2022/oct/01/tony-abbott-tells-cpac-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-would-promote-discrimination", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/i-will-be-voting-yes-to-establish-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament|title=I will be voting yes to establish an Indigenous voice to parliament|author=Malcolm Turnbull|newspaper=The Guardian|date=15 August 2022|access-date=16 August 2022|archive-date=16 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816031036/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/i-will-be-voting-yes-to-establish-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2022/aug/15/i-will-be-voting-yes-to-establish-an-indigenous-voice-to-parliament", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.caama.com.au/2022/02/18/pm-scott-morrison-shares-his-version-of-the-voice-to-parliament-mparntwe-alice-springs-february-18-2022/|title=PM Scott Morrison shares his version of the \"Voice to Parliament.\" Mparntwe Alice Springs, February 18 – 2022|first=Paul|last=Wiles|date=18 February 2022|access-date=5 April 2023|archive-date=10 March 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230310044312/https://www.caama.com.au/2022/02/18/pm-scott-morrison-shares-his-version-of-the-voice-to-parliament-mparntwe-alice-springs-february-18-2022/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.news.caama.com.au/2022/02/18/pm-scott-morrison-shares-his-version-of-the-voice-to-parliament-mparntwe-alice-springs-february-18-2022/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/why-would-i-morrison-rules-out-referendum-on-indigenous-voice-if-re-elected-20220502-p5ahue.html|title=Election 2022: Scott Morrison rules out referendum on Indigenous Voice if re-elected|website=Sydney Morning Herald|date=2 May 2022|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=25 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230725020528/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/why-would-i-morrison-rules-out-referendum-on-indigenous-voice-if-re-elected-20220502-p5ahue.html|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/why-would-i-morrison-rules-out-referendum-on-indigenous-voice-if-re-elected-20220502-p5ahue.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "6.5", "title": "Newspaper endorsements", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "6.5.s1", "text": "{| class=\"wikitable sortable right\"\n|-\n! style=\"width:150px;\"| Newspaper\n!City\n!Owner\n!Endorsement\n|-\n|''The Age''\n|Melbourne\n|Nine Entertainment\n|{{Yes|Yes}}\n|-\n|''The Australian''\n|Nationwide\n|News Corp Australia|News Corp\n|{{No|No}}\n|-\n|''Herald Sun''\n|Melbourne\n|News Corp Australia|News Corp\n|{{No|No}}\n|-\n|''The Sydney Morning Herald''\n|Sydney\n|Nine Entertainment\n|{{Yes|Yes}}\n|}", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/voting-yes-is-not-only-right-it-s-about-honouring-our-promise-20231008-p5eao1.html | title=Voice referendum: Voting Yes is not only right, it's about honouring our promise }}", "url": "https://www.theage.com.au/national/victoria/voting-yes-is-not-only-right-it-s-about-honouring-our-promise-20231008-p5eao1.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/what-newspapers-say-about-the-voice-to-parliament-20231013-p5ec02 | title=What newspapers say about the Voice to parliament | date=13 October 2023 }}", "url": "https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/what-newspapers-say-about-the-voice-to-parliament-20231013-p5ec02", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "}}\n|-\n|''The Spectator Australia''\n|Nationwide\n|Press Holdings\n|{{No|No{{cite web | url=https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/09/australians-must-vote-no/ | title=Australians must vote No | date=30 August 2023 }}", "url": "https://www.spectator.com.au/2023/09/australians-must-vote-no/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-have-nothing-to-be-afraid-of-in-voting-yes-20231010-p5eb5i.html | title=The Voice referendum is nothing to be afraid of. Vote Yes }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/we-have-nothing-to-be-afraid-of-in-voting-yes-20231010-p5eb5i.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "7", "title": "Legal commentary", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "8", "title": "Campaign", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "8.s1", "text": "{{further|Endorsements in the 2023 Australian Indigenous Voice referendum}}\nCampaigning for both sides of the question started in early 2023. Some of the groups and individuals involved are listed below.\n; a key figure for the Yes campaign]]", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last1=Allam | first1=Lorena | first2=Josh | last2=Butler | title=Voice referendum: who's behind the yes and no campaigns and how do they plan to convince Australia? | website=The Guardian | date=20 February 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/20/voice-referendum-whos-behind-the-yes-and-no-campaigns-and-how-do-they-plan-to-convince-australia | access-date=15 April 2023 | archive-date=15 April 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415195501/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/20/voice-referendum-whos-behind-the-yes-and-no-campaigns-and-how-do-they-plan-to-convince-australia | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/feb/20/voice-referendum-whos-behind-the-yes-and-no-campaigns-and-how-do-they-plan-to-convince-australia", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] }, { "id": "8.2", "title": "Yes", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "8.2.s1", "text": "|date=17 September 2023 |archive-date=18 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230918080411/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/queensland/voting-with-us-not-for-us-thousands-of-voice-supporters-march-in-brisbane-20230917-p5e58n.html |url-status=live }}]]\n*Uphold and Recognise (2015) was founded by lawyer Damien Freeman and Coalition spokesperson on Indigenous Australians, Julian Leeser (who is no longer with the group). and has been a member of the First Nations Referendum Working Group,\n*Parliamentary friends of the Uluru Statement (launched on 13 February 2023) is a non-partisan group co-chaired by Labor's Gordon Reid (politician)|Gordon Reid; Liberal Bridget Archer; and Independent Allegra Spender.", "references": [ { "text": " It is chaired by Sean Gordon, who is co-convenor of the #Different stances within the Coalition|Liberals for Yes group,{{cite interview | interviewer-last=Park | interviewer-first=Andy | first=Sean | last=Gordon | title=Sean Gordon to co-lead Liberals for Yes campaign | website=ABC Listen | format=audio + text | date=12 June 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/sean-grodon-co-lead-liberals-for-yes-campaign-voice-referendum/102470602 | access-date=22 September 2023 | archive-date=22 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922084019/https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/sean-grodon-co-lead-liberals-for-yes-campaign-voice-referendum/102470602 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/listen/programs/radionational-drive/sean-grodon-co-lead-liberals-for-yes-campaign-voice-referendum/102470602", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "interview" }, { "text": "{{cite news | last=Gordon | first=Sean | title=A voice will make right this country's history of division. Will Australians slap away our outstretched hand? | newspaper=The Guardian | date=15 September 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/a-voice-will-help-make-right-this-countrys-history-of-division-will-australians-slap-away-our-outstretched-hand | access-date=22 September 2023 | archive-date=20 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920081452/https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/a-voice-will-help-make-right-this-countrys-history-of-division-will-australians-slap-away-our-outstretched-hand | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/15/a-voice-will-help-make-right-this-countrys-history-of-division-will-australians-slap-away-our-outstretched-hand", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Raised on Brewarrina Mission, Sean Gordon is the latest addition to the Order of Australia | website=NITV | date=11 June 2023 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/raised-on-brewarrina-mission-sean-gordon-is-the-latest-addition-to-the-order-of-australia/gx2y6xaro | access-date=22 September 2023 | archive-date=29 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929001523/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/raised-on-brewarrina-mission-sean-gordon-is-the-latest-addition-to-the-order-of-australia/gx2y6xaro | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/raised-on-brewarrina-mission-sean-gordon-is-the-latest-addition-to-the-order-of-australia/gx2y6xaro", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": " and includes former Indigenous Australians minister Ken Wyatt as a board member. It follows a centre-right approach.\n*The Uluru Dialogue (2017) is a collective that includes creators of the ''Uluru Statement from the Heart'', along with various academics and lawyers based at the University of New South Wales; it is chaired by Megan Davis and Pat Anderson (human rights advocate)|Pat Anderson.\n*Uluru Statement from the Heart|From the Heart (2020) operated under the auspices of Noel Pearson's Cape York Institute in north Queensland.\n*Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition is a group of prominent Australians co-chaired by the director of the Business Council of Australia, Danny Gilbert, and Aboriginal filmmaker Rachel Perkins. Board members include Noel Pearson; Tony Nutt, former principal adviser to prime minister John Howard; and author and Indigenous Maritime Union of Australia official Thomas Mayo (Indigenous Australian)|Thomas Mayo. This group ran the Yes23 campaign.{{cite web | title=About | website=Yes23 | url=https://yes23.com.au/about | access-date=14 June 2023 | archive-date=14 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230614093330/https://yes23.com.au/about | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://yes23.com.au/about", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.2.s2", "text": "*The National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Catholic Council, based on a framework and foundation of subsidiarity.\n*Jack Beetson, co-founder and executive director of Aboriginal education initiative Literacy for Life Foundation|Literacy for Life sat on the referendum working group.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://indigenousvoice.church/|title=One Journey, Together|access-date=3 October 2023|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907071400/https://indigenousvoice.church/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://indigenousvoice.church/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |date=2023-04-09 |title=Voice would 'lift quality of life for everybody' |url=https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/mundine-backs-liberals-practical-voice-proposal-c-10300718 |access-date=2023-10-07 |website=PerthNow |language=en |archive-date=11 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231011113311/https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/mundine-backs-liberals-practical-voice-proposal-c-10300718 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.perthnow.com.au/politics/mundine-backs-liberals-practical-voice-proposal-c-10300718", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "8.3", "title": "No", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "8.3.s1", "text": ": a key figure for the No campaign]]\n\n*Advance (lobby group)|Advance (formerly Advance Australia), a conservative lobby group, set up a ''No'' campaign which included new social media advertising campaign titled \"The Voice is Not Enough\" (or just \"Not Enough\"), aimed at a young demographic and targeting the \"progressive no\" vote, suggesting that the Voice would be too weak, or is not the main priority for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people. A number of people have accused Advance of misrepresenting their views and using photographs of them in its campaign without their permission. Advance has been funded by millionaires such as Jet Couriers founder Brett Ralph, Kennards Self Storage head Sam Kennard, building material scion Rodney O'Neil, health company chief Marcus Blackmore and fund manager Simon Fenwick. In addition, the group has created a \"Referendum News\" Facebook page showing anti-Voice posts, and has advertised on Facebook and Instagram. According to University of Technology Sydney political science|political scientist Jeremy Walker, Advance also collaborated with fossil fuel companies and Atlas Network affiliates including the Centre for Independent Studies, Institute of Public Affairs and LibertyWorks to promote the ''No'' campaign.\n*Australians for Unity, created on 11 May 2023, led by Warren Mundine and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price{{snd}}both Indigenous Australians. This is a merger of two key former campaigns:\n**Recognise a Better Way was led by Mundine and included former Nationals deputy PM John Anderson (Australian politician)|John Anderson, and former Keating government minister Gary Johns. Price officially deleted her membership of the Voice ''No'' Case Committee from the Senate register of pecuniary interests on 13 August 2023 (although she had never disclosed her interest before).\n**Fair Australia was a ''No'' campaign led by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (who was originally part of the Recognise a Better Way group including Senator Lidia Thorpe, who spoke at the National Press Club (Australia)|National Press Club on 16 August.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | title=The Voice is not enough: vote now | website=Facebook | url=https://www.facebook.com/voiceisnotenough | access-date=2 June 2023 | archive-date=2 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602071615/https://www.facebook.com/voiceisnotenough | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https://www.facebook.com/voiceisnotenough", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news |last1=Crowe |first1=David |title=Revealed: The elite money behind the No campaign |url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/revealed-the-elite-money-behind-the-no-campaign-20230913-p5e4eh.html |access-date=21 February 2024 |work=Sydney Morning Herald |date=15 September 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230926084455/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/revealed-the-elite-money-behind-the-no-campaign-20230913-p5e4eh.html |archive-date=26 September 2023}}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/revealed-the-elite-money-behind-the-no-campaign-20230913-p5e4eh.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite news | last=Campbell | first=David | title=No campaign accused of misrepresenting First Nations commentators in youth-targeted advertisements | work=ABC News (Australia) | date=2 June 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/fact-check-fair-australia-not-enough-no-campaign-quotes/102422750 | access-date=2 June 2023 | archive-date=1 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230601232257/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/fact-check-fair-australia-not-enough-no-campaign-quotes/102422750 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-02/fact-check-fair-australia-not-enough-no-campaign-quotes/102422750", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Referendum News | website=Facebook | url=https://www.facebook.com/referendumnews | access-date=2 June 2023 | archive-date=16 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016052959/https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freferendumnews | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https://www.facebook.com/referendumnews", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Wilson | first=Cam | title=Anti-Voice 'news' Facebook page is run by the No camp, but you wouldn't know it | website=Crikey | date=22 May 2023 | url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/22/voice-to-parliament-no-advance-australia-unbranded-news-facebook-advertising-page/ | access-date=2 June 2023 | archive-date=2 June 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230602073925/https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/22/voice-to-parliament-no-advance-australia-unbranded-news-facebook-advertising-page/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/05/22/voice-to-parliament-no-advance-australia-unbranded-news-facebook-advertising-page/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite journal |last1=Walker |first1=Jeremy |title=Silencing the Voice: the Fossil-fuelled Atlas Network's Campaign against Constitutional Recognition of Indigenous Australia |journal=Cosmopolitan Civil Societies |date=30 September 2023 |volume=15 |issue=2 |page=105-125 |doi=10.5130/ccs.v15.i2.8813 |url=https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/8813/8267 |via=UTS ePRESS |access-date=20 February 2024|doi-access=free }}", "url": "https://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/mcs/article/view/8813/8267", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "journal" }, { "text": "{{cite news |last1=Williams |first1=David |title=Chiding in plain sight, Part II |url=https://newsroom.co.nz/2023/11/02/chiding-in-plain-sight-part-two/ |access-date=20 February 2024 |work=Newsroom (website)|Newsroom |date=2 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240204203510/https://newsroom.co.nz/2023/11/02/chiding-in-plain-sight-part-two/ |archive-date=4 February 2024}}", "url": "https://newsroom.co.nz/2023/11/02/chiding-in-plain-sight-part-two/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last1=Morse | first1=Dana | first2=Dan | last2=Bourchier | author2-link=Dan Bourchier | title=Key 'No' camps merge to form Australians for Unity to strengthen referendum campaign | website=ABC News (Australia) | date=11 May 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-11/key-no-camps-merge-to-strengthen-referendum-campaign/102329478 | access-date=13 May 2023 | archive-date=12 May 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230512230906/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-11/key-no-camps-merge-to-strengthen-referendum-campaign/102329478 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-05-11/key-no-camps-merge-to-strengthen-referendum-campaign/102329478", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": " The campaign, launched in January 2023, was set up by a group called the Voice ''No'' Case Committee. The committee included four Indigenous members: Mundine; Price (who left the group in February 2023 to join Advance); founder of the Kings Creek Station Ian Conway; and owner of Kemara enterprises Bob Liddle.{{Cite web |last=Grattan |first=Michelle |title=Former deputy prime minister John Anderson joins group spearheading \"no\" campaign on the Voice |url=http://theconversation.com/former-deputy-prime-minister-john-anderson-joins-group-spearheading-no-campaign-on-the-voice-195571 |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=The Conversation (website)|The Conversation |date=30 January 2023 |language=en |archive-date=14 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414031638/http://theconversation.com/former-deputy-prime-minister-john-anderson-joins-group-spearheading-no-campaign-on-the-voice-195571 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/former-deputy-prime-minister-john-anderson-joins-group-spearheading-no-campaign-on-the-voice-195571", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |title= Home |url= https://www.recogniseabetterway.org.au/ |website= Recognise a Better Way |access-date= 17 April 2023 |archive-date= 13 April 2023 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20230413082342/https://www.recogniseabetterway.org.au/ |url-status= live }}", "url": null, "status_code": null, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web| url= https://theklaxon.com.au/ztem-64/| website= The Klaxon (website)|The Klaxon| title= Jacinta Price quits \"no\" campaign group| date= 19 September 2023| access-date= 19 September 2023| archive-date= 12 October 2023| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20231012190957/https://theklaxon.com.au/ztem-64/| url-status= live}}", "url": null, "status_code": null, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": ") under the auspices of Advance Australia (lobby group)|Advance.{{efn|Advance emerged during the 2019 Australian election|2019 election, attacking activist group GetUp!, supporting Tony Abbott against the independent Zali Steggall (who won the seat), and campaigning against David Pocock.}}\n*Blak Sovereign Movement,{{Cite web|url=https://blaksovereignmovement.com/|title=Home|website=Blak Sovereign Movement|access-date=7 September 2023|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907061852/https://blaksovereignmovement.com/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://blaksovereignmovement.com/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/16/lidia-thorpe-calls-for-referendum-called-off-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign|title=Lidia Thorpe says voice referendum should be called off and attacks 'powerless advisory body'|first=Sarah Basford|last=Canales|date=16 August 2023|website=The Guardian|access-date=7 September 2023|archive-date=7 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907061851/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/16/lidia-thorpe-calls-for-referendum-called-off-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/aug/16/lidia-thorpe-calls-for-referendum-called-off-indigenous-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "8.4", "title": "Advertising and media", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "8.4.s1", "text": "The government launched its official advertising campaign about the referendum in May 2022, to provide information about what the proposal is, what the Voice would do and how it would be set up, and to encourage Australians to prepare themselves for it. The AEC (which is an independent statutory authority) launched its major education phase in August 2023, aimed at helping and educating voters to prepare for the referendum.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web| title=Get ready for a conversation about the Voice| website=The Voice| publisher=Australian Government| date=22 May 2022| url=https://voice.gov.au/news/get-ready-conversation-about-voice| access-date=5 October 2023| archive-date=6 October 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050912/https://voice.gov.au/news/get-ready-conversation-about-voice| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/culture-and-empowering-communities", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web| title=Be ready to vote – 14 October 2023| website=The Voice| publisher=Australian Government| url=https://voice.gov.au/| access-date=5 October 2023| archive-date=5 October 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005001324/https://voice.gov.au/| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.niaa.gov.au/our-work/culture-and-empowering-communities", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Your Answer Matters – AEC launches 2023 referendum advertising campaign | website=Australian Electoral Commission | date=19 August 2023 | url=https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2023/08-19.htm | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=5 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005052012/https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2023/08-19.htm | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.aec.gov.au/media/2023/08-19.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.s2", "text": "An analysis of various contributors to the campaigns published in early August suggested that the ''No'' campaign represented by Advance Australia (lobby group)|Advance Australia were using fear as their underlying message, and focussing on prominent ''Yes'' campaigners such as Thomas Mayo (Indigenous Australian)|Thomas Mayo and Teela Reid. The blak sovereignty|Blak Sovereign Movement argued that a treaty should be negotiated ahead of establishing the Voice. The Uluru Dialogue was using a sense of pride to show how the nation would be a better place with the Voice in place. Yes23 emphasised fairness and integrity. The report analysed the relative levels of success of the different approaches.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last1=Sutton-Brady | first1=Catherine | last2=Laer | first2=Tom van | title=Fear vs pride: how do the Voice to Parliament ads try to influence voters? And is it effective? | website=The Conversation (website)|The Conversation | date=2 August 2023 | url=https://theconversation.com/fear-vs-pride-how-do-the-voice-to-parliament-ads-try-to-influence-voters-and-is-it-effective-209834 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050910/https://theconversation.com/fear-vs-pride-how-do-the-voice-to-parliament-ads-try-to-influence-voters-and-is-it-effective-209834 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/fear-vs-pride-how-do-the-voice-to-parliament-ads-try-to-influence-voters-and-is-it-effective-209834", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.s3", "text": "The ''Yes'' and ''No'' campaigns started advertising on social media in early 2023, and although both had spent around {{AUD|110,000}} on advertising on Facebook between mid-March and mid-June 2023, it was found that each had targeted different audiences. The biggest spenders were Fair Australia and Yes23. From 3 September 2023, with John Farnham's support, \"You're the Voice\" was used to advocate for the ''Yes'' campaign as a soundtrack to a video ad. The video for the ''Yes'' campaign, which aired on several platforms, includes the 1983 America's Cup yacht race (won by an Australian yacht); the handback of Uluru to its traditional owners in 1985; and the Mabo 2|landmark Mabo land rights case in 1992.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last=Briggs | first=Casey | title=What social media ads and polling tells us about the Voice to Parliament referendum campaign strategies so far | website=ABC News | date=24 June 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-25/voice-no-campaign-strategy-facebook-ad-spend/102510194 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=5 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005091233/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-25/voice-no-campaign-strategy-facebook-ad-spend/102510194 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-06-25/voice-no-campaign-strategy-facebook-ad-spend/102510194", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news| last=Visentin| first=Lisa| date=3 September 2023| url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/john-farnham-backs-voice-permits-his-anthem-to-front-yes-campaign-ad-20230901-p5e18t.html| title=John Farnham backs Voice, permits his anthem to front Yes campaign ad| newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald| access-date=3 September 2023| archive-date=3 September 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903020741/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/john-farnham-backs-voice-permits-his-anthem-to-front-yes-campaign-ad-20230901-p5e18t.html| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/john-farnham-backs-voice-permits-his-anthem-to-front-yes-campaign-ad-20230901-p5e18t.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Yu | first=Andi | title=John Farnham's hit song 'You're the Voice' the official soundtrack for the 2023 referendum Yes campaign | website=ABC News (Australia)|ABC News | location=Australia | date=3 September 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/john-farnhams-youre-the-voice-for-referendum-yes-campaign/102806260 | access-date=3 September 2023 | archive-date=3 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903013248/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/john-farnhams-youre-the-voice-for-referendum-yes-campaign/102806260 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-03/john-farnhams-youre-the-voice-for-referendum-yes-campaign/102806260", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.s4", "text": "At the end of August, the top five items on Facebook and X included several that were critical of the Voice and served the ''No'' campaign. Their analysis showed how negative stories can have the strongest impact on people's attention, and also how far articles on traditional media could reach on social media. At that time, the Yes23 campaign had spent more than any other campaign group; however, they were less geographically focused than spending by ''No'' campaigns. It concluded that while there were many more ''Yes'' than ''No'' ads published, its message was spread over 33 disparate themes, whole ''No'' ads predominantly covered only seven, which were all negative. By the end of September, online advertising by both camps was heavily focused on the Tasmania and South Australia, which were regarded as \"battleground\" states. Fair Australia started using TikTok in May, and was using it far more extensively and proving more successful than the ''Yes'' campaign by October. ''Yes'' campaigners on other social media such as Facebook, X, and Instagram had large followings. This may reflect the fact that the younger demographic on TikTok were more likely to be ''Yes'' voters, and the ''No'' campaign wanted to reach them.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last1=Carson | first1=Andrea | last2=Grömping | first2=Max | last3=Jackman | first3=Simon | title=Voice referendum: is the 'yes' or 'no' camp winning on social media, advertising spend and in the polls? | website=The Conversation (website)|The Conversation | date=4 October 2023 | url=https://theconversation.com/voice-referendum-is-the-yes-or-no-camp-winning-on-social-media-advertising-spend-and-in-the-polls-208956 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=5 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005145456/https://theconversation.com/voice-referendum-is-the-yes-or-no-camp-winning-on-social-media-advertising-spend-and-in-the-polls-208956 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/voice-referendum-is-the-yes-or-no-camp-winning-on-social-media-advertising-spend-and-in-the-polls-208956", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Evershed | first=Nick | title=Voice referendum battlegrounds: digital ad spending surges in South Australia and Tasmania | website=the Guardian | date=28 September 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/29/voice-referendum-battlegrounds-digital-ad-spending-surges-in-south-australia-and-tasmania | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050600/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/29/voice-referendum-battlegrounds-digital-ad-spending-surges-in-south-australia-and-tasmania | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/29/voice-referendum-battlegrounds-digital-ad-spending-surges-in-south-australia-and-tasmania", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last1=Carson | first1=Andrea | last2=Strating | first2=Rebecca | last3=Jackman | first3=Simon | title=The 'no' campaign is dominating the messaging on the Voice referendum on TikTok – here's why | website=The Conversation (website)|The Conversation | date=4 October 2023 | url=https://theconversation.com/the-no-campaign-is-dominating-the-messaging-on-the-voice-referendum-on-tiktok-heres-why-212465 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=5 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005013758/https://theconversation.com/the-no-campaign-is-dominating-the-messaging-on-the-voice-referendum-on-tiktok-heres-why-212465 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/the-no-campaign-is-dominating-the-messaging-on-the-voice-referendum-on-tiktok-heres-why-212465", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.s5", "text": "There has been considerable activity in news and other traditional media from both sides of the debate, including TV news (used by around 58% of Australians in 2023), news published online (51%), and in print (19%).", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last=Muller | first=Denis | title=Journalists reporting on the Voice to Parliament do voters a disservice with 'he said, she said' approach | website=The Conversation | date=1 May 2023 | url=https://theconversation.com/journalists-reporting-on-the-voice-to-parliament-do-voters-a-disservice-with-he-said-she-said-approach-204361 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050909/https://theconversation.com/journalists-reporting-on-the-voice-to-parliament-do-voters-a-disservice-with-he-said-she-said-approach-204361 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/journalists-reporting-on-the-voice-to-parliament-do-voters-a-disservice-with-he-said-she-said-approach-204361", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Australia: news sources 2023 | website=Statista | date=14 June 2023 | url=https://www.statista.com/statistics/588441/australia-news-sources/ | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050909/https://www.statista.com/statistics/588441/australia-news-sources/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.statista.com/statistics/588441/australia-news-sources/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.s6", "text": "Mass media in Australia are highly concentrated, with Rupert Murdoch's News Corp Australia dominating the landscape, owning over two-thirds of leading newspapers along with most online news websites; three News Corp outlets occupy the top three positions in the nation, based on popularity and viewership. An interim report commissioned by the Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission group as part of its \"Murdoch Referendum Accountability Project\" was published in September 2023. University of Adelaide academic Victoria Fielding and a team of researchers analysed data on reporting and opinion piece|commentary by News Corp about the Voice between July and August 2023, covering ''The Australian'', ''Herald Sun'', ''The Daily Telegraph (Sydney)|Daily Telegraph'', and Sky News Australia. It found that on the whole, news reporting was unbiased and accurate, but the opinion pieces were almost all in favour of the ''No'' vote. The majority of News Corp's content was commentary, not reporting, so when the various articles and videos were examined together, around 70% of the coverage favoured ''No'' arguments. Andrew Bolt and Peta Credlin were the top contributors in favour of a ''No'' vote.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite journal | last=Lidberg | first=Johan | title=The distortion of the Australian public sphere: Media ownership concentration in Australia | journal=AQ: Australian Quarterly | publisher=Australian Institute of Policy and Science | volume=90 | issue=1 | year=2019 | issn=1443-3605 | jstor=26563019 | pages=12–20 | url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/26563019 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050909/https://www.jstor.org/stable/26563019 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.jstor.org/stable/26563019", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "journal" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Australia | website=Reporters Without Borders | date=1 January 2023 | url=https://rsf.org/en/country/australia | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=28 April 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220428174928/https://rsf.org/en/country/australia | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://rsf.org/en/country/australia", "status_code": null, "reason": "Timeout", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Campbell | first=David | title=How large is Rupert Murdoch's reach through News Corp in Australian media, old and new? | website=ABC News | date=13 April 2021 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/fact-file-rupert-murdoch-media-reach-in-australia/100056660 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050909/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/fact-file-rupert-murdoch-media-reach-in-australia/100056660 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-04-14/fact-file-rupert-murdoch-media-reach-in-australia/100056660", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Tazewell | first=Charlie | title=Top 4 Australian media outlets based on popularity and viewership | website=Quilter | date=18 July 2020 | url=https://www.quilter.com.au/top-4-australian-media-outlets-based-on-popularity-and-viewership/ | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006050911/https://www.quilter.com.au/top-4-australian-media-outlets-based-on-popularity-and-viewership/ | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.quilter.com.au/top-4-australian-media-outlets-based-on-popularity-and-viewership/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite report| url=https://murdochroyalcommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Poisinging-the-Debate-Interim-Report.pdf| author=Fielding, Victoria| publisher=Australians for a Murdoch Royal Commission| title=Poisoning the debate: How the Murdoch press is campaigning against the Voice: Interim report: 17 July – 27 August 2023| date=September 2023| series=Murdoch Referendum Accountability Project| access-date=5 October 2023| archive-date=29 September 2023| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230929071903/https://murdochroyalcommission.org.au/wp-content/uploads/Poisinging-the-Debate-Interim-Report.pdf| url-status=live}}", "url": "https://murdochroyalcommission.org.au/cgi-sys/suspendedpage.cgi", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "report" } ] } ] }, { "id": "8.4.2", "title": "Incidents", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "8.4.2.s1", "text": "In July 2023, a cartoon ad promoting the ''No'' campaign in the lead-up to the referendum was published by Advance (lobby group)|Advance Australia in the ''Australian Financial Review'', featuring caricatures of Thomas Mayo (Indigenous Australian)|Thomas Mayo a signatory and advocate of the Indigenous Voice to Parliament, along with, MP and ''Yes'' advocate Kate Chaney, and her father businessman Michael Chaney. This led to bipartisan condemnation of the ad as \"racist\". The ''AFR'' later apologised for the ad.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last=Worthington | first=Brett | title=No campaign advertisement dubbed 'personal and racist attack' on Voice Yes campaigner Thomas Mayo | website=ABC News | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/no-voice-newspaper-ad-dubbed-racist/102304488 | access-date=13 August 2023 | archive-date=12 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230812185626/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/no-voice-newspaper-ad-dubbed-racist/102304488 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-07-06/no-voice-newspaper-ad-dubbed-racist/102304488", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Butler | first=Josh | title=AFR apologises for running voice no campaign ad featuring 'racist trope' | website=The Guardian | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/06/no-campaign-cartoon-ad-newspaper-indigenous-voice-to-parliament | access-date=13 August 2023 | archive-date=9 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230809073630/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/06/no-campaign-cartoon-ad-newspaper-indigenous-voice-to-parliament | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/06/no-campaign-cartoon-ad-newspaper-indigenous-voice-to-parliament", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Wedesweiler | first=Madeleine | title=Australian newspaper apologises over 'racist' ad from No campaign | website=SBS News | date=6 July 2023 | url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australian-newspaper-apologises-over-racist-ad-from-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign/hic3jkzuq | access-date=13 August 2023 | archive-date=15 August 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815035232/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australian-newspaper-apologises-over-racist-ad-from-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign/hic3jkzuq | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australian-newspaper-apologises-over-racist-ad-from-voice-to-parliament-no-campaign/hic3jkzuq", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.2.s2", "text": "In July 2023, Big W, an Australian chain of discount department stores, announced it would stop its in-store announcements that expressed support for the Indigenous voice to parliament.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/21/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-big-w-in-store-announcement | title=Big W ditches in-store announcements that supported Indigenous voice to parliament | newspaper=The Guardian | date=21 July 2023 | last1=Barrett | first1=Jonathan | access-date=12 October 2023 | archive-date=12 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012233820/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/21/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-big-w-in-store-announcement | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/jul/21/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-big-w-in-store-announcement", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://thewest.com.au/business/retail/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-big-w-to-stop-supportive-in-store-announcements-after-complaints-c-11338232 | title=Big W stops in-store Voice support over customer complaints | date=20 July 2023 | access-date=12 October 2023 | archive-date=12 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012233826/https://thewest.com.au/business/retail/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-big-w-to-stop-supportive-in-store-announcements-after-complaints-c-11338232 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://thewest.com.au/business/retail/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-big-w-to-stop-supportive-in-store-announcements-after-complaints-c-11338232", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://au.news.yahoo.com/big-w-backflips-on-indigenous-voice-move-063840509.html | title=Big W backflips on Indigenous Voice move | date=21 July 2023 | access-date=12 October 2023 | archive-date=12 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012233820/https://au.news.yahoo.com/big-w-backflips-on-indigenous-voice-move-063840509.html | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://au.news.yahoo.com/big-w-backflips-on-indigenous-voice-move-063840509.html", "status_code": 429, "reason": "Too Many Requests", "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.2.s3", "text": "In early October, the AEC asked the ''Yes'' campaign to remove a social media post that contained a misleading graphic that could cause ''No'' voters to cast an invalid vote.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite news |last=Wu |first=David |date=4 October 2023 |title=Yes23 campaign deletes tweet suggesting No voters could put a cross on Voice to Parliament ballot after AEC flagged it would not be counted as a formal vote |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/yes23-campaign-deletes-tweet-suggesting-no-voters-could-put-a-cross-on-voice-to-parliament-ballot-after-aec-flagged-it-would-not-be-counted-as-a-formal-vote/news-story/fba4dbf82898246908f446f7232e4aaf |work=Sky News Australia |location= |access-date=7 October 2023 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007045145/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/yes23-campaign-deletes-tweet-suggesting-no-voters-could-put-a-cross-on-voice-to-parliament-ballot-after-aec-flagged-it-would-not-be-counted-as-a-formal-vote/news-story/fba4dbf82898246908f446f7232e4aaf |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/yes23-campaign-deletes-tweet-suggesting-no-voters-could-put-a-cross-on-voice-to-parliament-ballot-after-aec-flagged-it-would-not-be-counted-as-a-formal-vote/news-story/fba4dbf82898246908f446f7232e4aaf?nk=8f6c05d2b894ca0c82fb55f8b2261ce5-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] }, { "id": "8.4.2.s4", "text": "In early October, the AEC asked the ''Yes'' campaign to move their signage away from theirs to avoid confusion, because both were of a similar purple colour.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/yes23-warned-by-aec-on-potentially-misleading-purple-signs-20231003-p5e99p.html | title=Yes23 warned by AEC on 'potentially misleading' purple signs | date=3 October 2023 | access-date=3 October 2023 | archive-date=3 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003044146/https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/yes23-warned-by-aec-on-potentially-misleading-purple-signs-20231003-p5e99p.html | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/yes23-warned-by-aec-on-potentially-misleading-purple-signs-20231003-p5e99p.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/yes23-campaign-asked-to-keep-purple-white-signs-away-from-aec/102927986 | title=Yes23 campaign warned over signs which could 'mislead' voters at polling stations | newspaper=ABC News | date=3 October 2023 | access-date=3 October 2023 | archive-date=3 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003095925/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/yes23-campaign-asked-to-keep-purple-white-signs-away-from-aec/102927986 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-03/yes23-campaign-asked-to-keep-purple-white-signs-away-from-aec/102927986", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Burns | first=Brielle | title=Yes camp smashed over 'misleading' Voice act | website=news.com.au | date=2 October 2023 | url=https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/yes-camp-smashed-over-misleading-voice-act-after-releasing-purple-campaign-signage/news-story/8f48598778f4ce1c6e4616833040a109 | access-date=3 October 2023 | archive-date=12 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231012122605/https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/yes-camp-smashed-over-misleading-voice-act-after-releasing-purple-campaign-signage/news-story/8f48598778f4ce1c6e4616833040a109 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.news.com.au/national/politics/yes-camp-smashed-over-misleading-voice-act-after-releasing-purple-campaign-signage/news-story/8f48598778f4ce1c6e4616833040a109", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/aec-contacts-the-yes23-campaign-over-potential-confusion-caused-by-colour-scheme-on-vote-yes-signs-at-referendum-voting-centres/news-story/7260776b7874921da2623b8c6bd6e278 | website=Sky News Australia | title=AEC contacts Yes23 campaign over 'potential confusion' caused by voting centre signs | date=2 October 2023 | access-date=3 October 2023 | archive-date=3 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003142543/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/aec-contacts-the-yes23-campaign-over-potential-confusion-caused-by-colour-scheme-on-vote-yes-signs-at-referendum-voting-centres/news-story/7260776b7874921da2623b8c6bd6e278 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/aec-contacts-the-yes23-campaign-over-potential-confusion-caused-by-colour-scheme-on-vote-yes-signs-at-referendum-voting-centres/news-story/7260776b7874921da2623b8c6bd6e278?nk=faeb19a94c74c60738fc4305364326b4-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "8.5", "title": "Misinformation and disinformation", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "8.5.s1", "text": "Some opponents of the Voice, primarily right-wing and far-right politicians and commentators, internet trolls, and members of the sovereign citizen movement, have spread misinformation, disinformation and unfounded conspiracy theories regarding the referendum online. This activity is most prominent on Telegram (software)|Telegram, Twitter and WeChat. According to independent monitors and fact-checkers, online debate has focused on Race (human categorization)|race, particularly on Twitter. Ben James, editor of the Australian Associated Press' FactCheck team, which monitors content on Facebook, Instagram and TikTok, says that the amount of misinformation and disinformation had by early September exceeded that which had been observed on social media ahead of the 2022 Australian election. Leading Indigenous campaigner Thomas Mayo (Indigenous Australian)|Thomas Mayo has been subjected to a great deal of racial abuse. While some misinformation has been observed from people on both sides of the discussion, there was generally more on the ''No'' side – although it is noted that not all of the claims emanated from the official No campaign. Social media experts have observed \"social bot|bot-like behaviour\" that spread the same content across social media.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-07/wechat-chinese-community-voice-to-parliament-information-silo/102939104|last1=Cheng|first1=Joyce|last2=Dziedzic|first2=Stephen|title=Are Chinese Australians getting both sides of the argument on the Voice?|website=ABC News|date=7 October 2023|access-date=29 April 2024}}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-07/wechat-chinese-community-voice-to-parliament-information-silo/102939104", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=McIlroy | first=Tom | title=Trolls, China spreading Voice disinformation | website=Australian Financial Review | date=28 August 2023 | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/trolls-china-spreading-voice-disinformation-20230828-p5dzvm | access-date=21 September 2023 | archive-date=20 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230920053400/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/trolls-china-spreading-voice-disinformation-20230828-p5dzvm | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/trolls-china-spreading-voice-disinformation-20230828-p5dzvm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Ritchie | first=Hannah | title=Voice referendum: Lies fuel racism ahead of Australia's Indigenous vote | website=BBC News | date=5 September 2023 | url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66470376 | access-date=27 September 2023 | archive-date=27 September 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230927015237/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66470376 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-66470376", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.5.s2", "text": "A preprint study in September 2023 showed ''Yes'' tweets dominating the Twitter platform, including amplification of misinformation and conspiracy theories created by the ''No'' side, with the ''Yes'' voters trying to fact-check and correct them. Politicians and media were also increasing the themes of \"racial division\" and \"hidden agenda\" on Twitter, in particular Sky News Australia. Many of the ''No'' accounts appeared to be recently created and suspicious, although there was little evidence of social bots. The preprint concluded \"Overall, our findings reveal a media ecosystem fraught with confusion, conspiratorial sensemaking, and strategic media manipulation\".{{self published inline|reason=This pre-print isn't peer-reviewed|date=October 2023}}", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web|last=Graham|first=Timothy|date=8 September 2023|title=Understanding Misinformation and Media Manipulation on Twitter During the Voice to Parliament Referendum|via=OSF Preprints|url=https://osf.io/preprints/osf/qu2fb|doi=10.31219/osf.io/qu2fb|edition=4|access-date=29 September 2023}}", "url": "https://osf.io/preprints/osf/qu2fb_v1", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.5.s3", "text": "RMIT FactLab, which had been checking some of the claims made by the ''No'' campaign, including that the ''Uluru Statement'' comprised more than one page, was suspended by Meta Platforms|Meta as its key fact-checking organisation in August 2023 because its certification from the International Fact-Checking Network had expired in December 2022. However, it continues its work and is regularly published by ABC News (Australia)|ABC News.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/anz-publicly-confirms-2-million-voice-to-parliament-donation/video/7c4c8ac1e40e97135a31b6aed322e003|website=Sky News Australia|title=ANZ publicly confirms $2 million Voice to Parliament donation | date=20 September 2023 }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/anz-publicly-confirms-2-million-voice-to-parliament-donation/video/7c4c8ac1e40e97135a31b6aed322e003?nk=444c535108709478cb0e90bab4c00b4d-1745143090", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "[https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/mining-energy/bhp-joins-rio-tinto-in-donating-to-yes-campaign-for-the-voice/news-story/9bbd350f741724c92aa5ccfb9bc9c319 BHP donates $2m to Voice campaign] The Australian (subscription required)", "url": null, "status_code": null, "reason": null, "type": null }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://thewest.com.au/politics/federal-politics/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-wesfarmers-donates-2-million-to-yes-campaign-c-11113223 | title=Wesfarmers donates $2 million to Voice 'Yes' campaign | date=28 June 2023 }}", "url": "https://thewest.com.au/politics/federal-politics/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-wesfarmers-donates-2-million-to-yes-campaign-c-11113223", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/anthony-pratt-donates-1-million-to-the-yes-campaign-for-the-voice-20230309-p5cqnv.html | title=Anthony Pratt donates $1 million to the Yes campaign for the Voice | date=11 March 2023 }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/anthony-pratt-donates-1-million-to-the-yes-campaign-for-the-voice-20230309-p5cqnv.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-time-for-a-voice-5m-donation-underwrites-yes-campaign-20230223-p5cn2n.html | title='It's time' for a Voice: $5m donation underwrites Yes campaign | date=23 February 2023 }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/it-s-time-for-a-voice-5m-donation-underwrites-yes-campaign-20230223-p5cn2n.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "8.7", "title": "Quality of public debate", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "8.7.s1", "text": "Concerns were aired about the quality of public debate, by both campaigns and private individuals on both sides of the debate, in some cases describing it as divisive and \"toxic\". Political commentator Laura Tingle described the debate as \"bitter\", criticising the ''No'' campaign in particular.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last=Kelly | first=Sean | title=Voice to parliament stirring up 200 years of messy Australian history | website=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=17 September 2023 | url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/we-ve-been-avoiding-this-for-200-years-no-wonder-the-voice-debate-has-turned-so-ugly-20230915-p5e536.html | access-date=6 October 2023 | url-access=subscription | archive-date=7 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007045144/https://www.smh.com.au/national/we-ve-been-avoiding-this-for-200-years-no-wonder-the-voice-debate-has-turned-so-ugly-20230915-p5e536.html | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.smh.com.au/national/we-ve-been-avoiding-this-for-200-years-no-wonder-the-voice-debate-has-turned-so-ugly-20230915-p5e536.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | title=Australian PM's hopes for unifying aboriginal referendum dashed as debate turns toxic | website=The Straits Times | date=25 September 2023 | url=https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-pm-s-hopes-for-unifying-aboriginal-referendum-dashed-as-debate-turns-toxic | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=16 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231016053525/https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-pm-s-hopes-for-unifying-aboriginal-referendum-dashed-as-debate-turns-toxic | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/asia/australianz/australian-pm-s-hopes-for-unifying-aboriginal-referendum-dashed-as-debate-turns-toxic", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Tingle | first=Laura | author-link=Laura Tingle | title=Voice to parliament: Depressing quality of referendum debate | website=Australian Financial Review | date=6 October 2023 | url=https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/depressed-by-the-voice-debate-no-wonder-20231005-p5e9y5 | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=7 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007045144/https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/depressed-by-the-voice-debate-no-wonder-20231005-p5e9y5 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/depressed-by-the-voice-debate-no-wonder-20231005-p5e9y5", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.7.s2", "text": "Marcia Langton was accused of calling ''No'' voters \"racists\", after ''The Australian'' published an article headlined \"Langton brands ''No'' voters 'racist, stupid{{'\"}}; it was shown afterwards that she was referring to the tactics of ''No'' campaigners, not the voters, which she said were \"based in racism and stupidity\".", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Chung |first=Frank |date=14 September 2023 |title=Yes campaigner Marcia Langton's heated comments resurface after branding No campaign 'racist' |work=news.com.au |url=https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/yes-campaigner-marcia-langtons-heated-comments-resurface-after-branding-no-campaign-racist/news-story/36c04eb41f5008383f585df11fa65e13}}", "url": "https://www.news.com.au/finance/work/leaders/yes-campaigner-marcia-langtons-heated-comments-resurface-after-branding-no-campaign-racist/news-story/36c04eb41f5008383f585df11fa65e13}}", "status_code": 404, "reason": "Not Found", "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Butler | first=Josh | title=Marcia Langton denies criticising no voters, and says media is targeting her | website=the Guardian | date=12 September 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/12/marcia-langton-denies-criticising-no-voters-and-says-media-is-targeting-her | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006002159/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/12/marcia-langton-denies-criticising-no-voters-and-says-media-is-targeting-her | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/sep/12/marcia-langton-denies-criticising-no-voters-and-says-media-is-targeting-her", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Roberts | first=Georgia | title=Marcia Langton 'racism' comments thrown into Voice debate during Question Time | website=ABC News | date=13 September 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/marcia-langton-clarifies-no-camp-racism-comments/102848644 | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=5 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005222446/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/marcia-langton-clarifies-no-camp-racism-comments/102848644 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-09-13/marcia-langton-clarifies-no-camp-racism-comments/102848644", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "8.7.s3", "text": "There has been racism directed against Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, including criticism of unrelated topics such as Welcomes to Country, claims that Indigenous people have special treatment, and promulgation of racist stereotypes. \"Progressive No\" campaigner Lidia Thorpe, who herself has been subject to racist abuse and death threats, exposed a video of a hooded man making racist remarks, burning an Aboriginal flag, and giving a Nazi salute.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | title=As vote nears, 'horrific racism' mars Australian Voice referendum campaign — Racism News | website=Al Jazeera | date=6 October 2023 | url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/as-vote-nears-horrific-racism-mars-australian-voice-referendum-campaign | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006034139/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/as-vote-nears-horrific-racism-mars-australian-voice-referendum-campaign | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/6/as-vote-nears-horrific-racism-mars-australian-voice-referendum-campaign", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web | last=Allam | first=Lorena | title=The voice debate has been a long fight – and the blows have landed hardest on First Nations people | website=the Guardian | date=28 September 2023 | url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/sep/29/the-voice-debate-has-been-a-long-fight-and-the-blows-have-landed-hardest-on-first-nations-people | access-date=6 October 2023 | archive-date=6 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231006214210/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/sep/29/the-voice-debate-has-been-a-long-fight-and-the-blows-have-landed-hardest-on-first-nations-people | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/commentisfree/2023/sep/29/the-voice-debate-has-been-a-long-fight-and-the-blows-have-landed-hardest-on-first-nations-people", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": " Abuse towards campaigners on both sides reportedly affected the mental health of several people.{{Cite web |website=Sky News Australia |title=No campaigner reveals abuse and threats that led to mental health struggles |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/no-campaigner-reveals-abuse-and-threats-that-led-to-mental-health-struggles/video/10f21f81c533263d83921380d9fecdce |access-date=2023-10-06 |date=23 July 2023 |archive-date=7 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231007050647/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/no-campaigner-reveals-abuse-and-threats-that-led-to-mental-health-struggles/video/10f21f81c533263d83921380d9fecdce |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/no-campaigner-reveals-abuse-and-threats-that-led-to-mental-health-struggles/video/10f21f81c533263d83921380d9fecdce?nk=0febf3ab17cebca2e49bdeaf080c96a8-1745143090", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "9", "title": "Opinion polling", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "10", "title": "Early voting", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "10.s1", "text": "On 4 October, the AEC reported that 903,570 votes had been cast after three days of early voting.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | last=Rawling | first=Caitlin | title=More than 900,000 early votes cast in Voice to Parliament referendum in three days — as it happened | website=ABC News | date=3 October 2023 | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/voice-to-parliament-referendum-live-blog-october-4/102930762 | access-date=5 October 2023 | archive-date=5 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231005074842/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/voice-to-parliament-referendum-live-blog-october-4/102930762 | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-04/voice-to-parliament-referendum-live-blog-october-4/102930762", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "10.s2", "text": "By polling day, 6 million early votes had been cast at pre-poll centres, and 2 million postal votes were expected.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite news|url=https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8358637/how-soon-will-we-know-the-voice-referendum-result/|title=How soon will we know the October 14 Voice to Parliament referendum result?|work=The Canberra Times|date=2023-10-14|access-date=14 October 2023|archive-date=14 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014063812/https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8358637/how-soon-will-we-know-the-voice-referendum-result/|url-status=live}}", "url": "https://www.canberratimes.com.au/story/8358637/how-soon-will-we-know-the-voice-referendum-result/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "11", "title": "Result", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "11.s1", "text": "The Constitutional amendment was rejected in both the state and national vote counts, with the Australian Capital Territory being the only state or territory with a majority \"yes\" vote.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |date=2023-10-14 |title=Australia rejects historic Indigenous referendum |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67110193 |access-date=2023-10-14 |website=BBC News |language=en-GB |archive-date=14 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231014154957/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67110193 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-67110193", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |date=2023-10-14 |title=PM says Australia must do better for first peoples as Voice referendum voted down |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/voters-reject-indigeneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974522 |access-date=2023-10-15 |archive-date=15 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231015034213/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/voters-reject-indigeneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974522 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-14/voters-reject-indigeneous-voice-to-parliament-referendum/102974522", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] }, { "id": "11.s2", "text": "Despite some predictions of a low turnout, the Voter turnout|participation rate for the referendum was 89.92%, just higher than the rate for the 2022 election of 89.82%. Similarly, despite concerns about ticks and crosses,{{Efn|A tick was counted as \"yes\", but a cross was deemed ambiguous and so treated as informal and not counted at all.}} the Spoilt vote|informal voting rate was 0.98%, comparable to the rate for the 1999 Australian republic referendum|republic referendum of 0.86% and lower than the typical rate for federal elections of around 2%.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://www.aec.gov.au/referendums/vote/completing-the-ballot-paper.html|title=Completing the ballot paper|publisher=Australian Electoral Commission|access-date=2023-11-07}}", "url": "https://www.aec.gov.au/Elections/referendums/2023.htm", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite web|url=https://antonygreen.com.au/how-many-voters-mark-referendum-ballot-papers-with-a-cross-not-many-based-on-evidence/|title=How many Voters mark Referendum Ballot Papers with a Cross? Not many based on evidence.|author=Antony Green|date=2023-09-15|access-date=2023-11-07}}", "url": "https://antonygreen.com.au/how-many-voters-mark-referendum-ballot-papers-with-a-cross-not-many-based-on-evidence/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Antony |date=2023-10-24 |title=The Voice Referendum Results by Vote Type and Electoral Division |url=https://antonygreen.com.au/some-graphs-on-the-voice-referendum-result/ |access-date=2023-11-07 |language=en-AU}}", "url": "https://antonygreen.com.au/some-graphs-on-the-voice-referendum-result/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "11.s3", "text": "Regions with a high proportion of Indigenous Australians overwhelmingly voted yes in the referendum. Labor MP for Division of Lingiari|Lingiari, Marion Scrymgour suggested that 74% of the 11,000 people that live in the division's remote areas voted yes. The highest vote in support of yes in an Indigenous community was in Wadeye, at 92.1%. The Tiwi Islands voted 84% in favour, and Maningrida recorded an 88% yes vote. However, many of these remote communities also had a very low turnout, with Palm Island, which recorded a yes vote of around 75%, having a preliminary participation rate of around 1 in 3. Warren Mundine suggested that the low turn-out in remote communities indicated \"that, at best, most Aboriginal people of voting age in remote communities didn't vote at all, and the percentage who voted Yes was less than 30 per cent\". Election analyst Antony Green argued that drawing conclusions based on a relation between the vote of an electorate and its recorded Indigenous population was an example of the ecological fallacy as the data could not be used to predict the vote of individual voters.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Beazley |first=Jordyn |date=2023-10-15 |title=Indigenous communities overwhelmingly voted yes to Australia's voice to parliament |language= |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/15/indigenous-communities-overwhelmingly-voted-yes-to-australias-voice-to-parliament |access-date=2023-10-23 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023061644/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/15/indigenous-communities-overwhelmingly-voted-yes-to-australias-voice-to-parliament |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/15/indigenous-communities-overwhelmingly-voted-yes-to-australias-voice-to-parliament", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Bowe |first=William |date=2023-10-16 |title=Crunching the numbers on Indigenous support for the Voice |url=https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/10/16/voice-to-parliament-indigenous-support-voting-numbers/ |access-date=2023-10-23 |website=Crikey |archive-date=24 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231024055659/https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/10/16/voice-to-parliament-indigenous-support-voting-numbers/ |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.crikey.com.au/2023/10/16/voice-to-parliament-indigenous-support-voting-numbers/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news |last1=Mundine |first1=Nyunggai Warren |author-link=Warren Mundine |date=24 January 2024 |title=Change the date but celebrate the day |url=https://www.afr.com/politics/change-the-date-but-celebrate-the-day-20240124-p5ezom |url-access=subscription |access-date=24 January 2024 |work=Australian Financial Review |publisher=Nine Entertainment |agency=}}", "url": "https://www.afr.com/politics/change-the-date-but-celebrate-the-day-20240124-p5ezom", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Green |first=Antony |date=2023-10-17 |title=The Most Meaningless Graph I've Ever Drawn |url=https://antonygreen.com.au/the-most-meaningless-graph-ive-ever-drawn/ |access-date= |website=Antony Green's Election Blog |language=en-AU}}", "url": "https://antonygreen.com.au/the-most-meaningless-graph-ive-ever-drawn/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" } ] } ] }, { "id": "11.2", "title": "National", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "11.3", "title": "States and territories", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] } ] }, { "id": "12", "title": "Analysis", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "12.s1", "text": "Analysis of the referendum results and of survey data collected before and immediately after the referendum was conducted by the Australian National University to attempt to gauge the intention and reasoning of voters. The report concluded that:\n{{Blockquote|text=The data suggests that Australians voted no because they didn’t want division and remain sceptical of rights for some Australians that are not held by others. The data suggests that Australians think that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians continue to suffer levels of disadvantage that is both caused by past government policies and that justified extra government assistance. They did not see the Voice model put to them as the right approach to remedy that disadvantage.}}", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Biddle |first=Nicholas |date=2023-11-27 |title=Detailed analysis of the 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum and related social and political attitudes |url=https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/docs/2023/11/Detailed_analysis_of_the_2023_Voice_to_Parliament_Referendum_and_related_social_and_political_attitudes.pdf |website=Australian National University |publisher=The ANU Centre for Social Research and Methods |page=iii}}", "url": "https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/sites/default/files/docs/2023/11/Detailed_analysis_of_the_2023_Voice_to_Parliament_Referendum_and_related_social_and_political_attitudes.pdf", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "12.s2", "text": "The results also demonstrated some evidence of an urban–rural political divide. The four electorates returning more than 70% of votes in favour of Yes were the namesake electorates centred on the CBDs of Division of Melbourne|Melbourne, Division of Sydney|Sydney and Division of Canberra|Canberra, as well as Prime Minister Albanese's inner Sydney electorate of Division of Grayndler|Grayndler. By contrast, the only five electorates to return less than 20% of votes in favour of Yes — Division of Maranoa|Maranoa, Division of Flynn|Flynn, Division of Capricornia|Capricornia, Division of Hinkler|Hinkler and Division of Dawson|Dawson — were all rural electorates in southern and central Queensland.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite news | url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-15/nsw-votes-no-indigenous-voice-referendum-demographics-result/102976968 | title=Voice result reveals more than just Australia's country-city divide | newspaper=ABC News | date=14 October 2023 }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-15/nsw-votes-no-indigenous-voice-referendum-demographics-result/102976968", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] }, { "id": "12.s3", "text": "Analysis by DemosAU concluded that fear of constitutional change in general was the primary reason for the referendum's failure, with 29% of the electorate opposed to any change and 23% believing it should only be changed \"if it doesn't work\". They concluded that the referendum would have failed regardless of the proposal without bi-partisan support.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |last=DesmosAU |title=Voice to Parliament Research: What Drove The No Victory? |url=https://demosau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Voice-to-Parliament-Research-What-Drove-The-No-Victory.pdf}}", "url": "https://demosau.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Voice-to-Parliament-Research-What-Drove-The-No-Victory.pdf}}", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "13", "title": "Aftermath", "content": [ { "sentences": [ { "id": "13.s1", "text": "Once the referendum result became clear on the night of 14 October, Yes23 campaign co-chair Rachel Perkins called for a week of silence \"to grieve this outcome and reflect on its meaning and significance\". After this period, an unsigned open letter was distributed by the public relations firm that had worked for the Uluru Dialogue (a key yes group based at the Indigenous Law Centre of University of New South Wales|UNSW Sydney) that decried the result as \"unbelievable and appalling\" and concluded that constitutional recognition would no longer be possible. It also highlighted the role the Liberal and National parties had in the defeat, stating \"there was little the yes campaign could do to countervail\" the impact of their opposition. Warren Mundine responded to the letter, saying it was a \"disgraceful attack on Australia and Australian people\".", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |title=Indigenous yes advocates have called for a week of silence post-referendum |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/indigenous-yes-advocates-have-called-for-a-week-of-silence-post-referendum/upp1jn4ak |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=NITV |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019232959/https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/indigenous-yes-advocates-have-called-for-a-week-of-silence-post-referendum/upp1jn4ak |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/nitv/article/indigenous-yes-advocates-have-called-for-a-week-of-silence-post-referendum/upp1jn4ak", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Foley |first=Mike |date=2023-10-23 |title='Shameful victory': Indigenous leaders' bitter lesson from Voice campaign |url=https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/declaration-of-war-mundine-rejects-criticism-from-yes-campaign-20231022-p5ee3g.html |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-10-24 |website=Brisbane Times |publisher=Nine Entertainment |language=en |archive-date=22 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231022054900/https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/declaration-of-war-mundine-rejects-criticism-from-yes-campaign-20231022-p5ee3g.html |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/politics/federal/declaration-of-war-mundine-rejects-criticism-from-yes-campaign-20231022-p5ee3g.html", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=[Unknown] |date=22 October 2023 |title=Open Letter: Statement for Our People and Country |url=https://fpdn.org.au/open-letter-statement-for-our-people-and-country/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026080612/https://fpdn.org.au/open-letter-statement-for-our-people-and-country/ |archive-date=26 October 2023 |access-date=26 October 2023 |website=First Peoples Disability Network Australia}}", "url": "https://fpdn.org.au/open-letter-statement-for-our-people-and-country/", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Canales |first=Sarah Basford |date=2023-10-22 |title=Yes supporters say voice referendum 'unleashed a tsunami of racism' |language= |work=The Guardian Australia |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/indigenous-groups-say-voice-referendum-unleashed-a-tsunami-of-racism |access-date= |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=23 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023010825/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/indigenous-groups-say-voice-referendum-unleashed-a-tsunami-of-racism |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/22/indigenous-groups-say-voice-referendum-unleashed-a-tsunami-of-racism", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Staveley |first=Patrick |date=2023-10-23 |title='Disgraceful attack on Australia': Warren Mundine tees off on Yes supporters' open letter |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/warren-mundine-hits-back-at-yes-camp-over-open-letter-that-accused-australians-of-shameful-act-for-voting-no-in-referendum/news-story/c2bf88a02f48bf4f0ea1b0c1446db62f |access-date= |website=Sky News Australia |publisher=News Corp |language=en |archive-date=26 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231026081413/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/warren-mundine-hits-back-at-yes-camp-over-open-letter-that-accused-australians-of-shameful-act-for-voting-no-in-referendum/news-story/c2bf88a02f48bf4f0ea1b0c1446db62f |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/voice-to-parliament/warren-mundine-hits-back-at-yes-camp-over-open-letter-that-accused-australians-of-shameful-act-for-voting-no-in-referendum/news-story/c2bf88a02f48bf4f0ea1b0c1446db62f?nk=3ff3322ef648525dc7f0fdfc9105c693-1745143089", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "13.s2", "text": "The result was perceived by many as a significant setback to reconciliation in Australia. Aboriginal academic and pro-Voice campaigner Marcia Langton declared that Australian voters' rejection of the Voice made it \"very clear that Reconciliation is dead\".", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news |last1=Menon |first1=Praveen |last2=Jackson |first2=Lewis |last3=Cole |first3=Wayne |date=15 October 2023 |title=Australia rejects Indigenous referendum in setback for reconciliation |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/voting-begins-australia-landmark-indigenous-voice-referendum-2023-10-13/ |work=Reuters}}", "url": "https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/voting-begins-australia-landmark-indigenous-voice-referendum-2023-10-13/", "status_code": 401, "reason": "HTTP Forbidden", "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Hobbs |first=Harry |author-link=Harry Hobbs |title=Reconciliation Rejected: Is Constitutional Change Possible after the Voice Referendum in Australia? |url=https://constitutionnet.org/news/reconciliation-rejected-constitutional-change-possible-after-voice-referendum-australia |access-date=2024-01-29 |website=ConstitutionNet |language=en}}", "url": "https://constitutionnet.org/news/reconciliation-rejected-constitutional-change-possible-after-voice-referendum-australia", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Langton |first=Marcia |date=2023-10-14 |title=Marcia Langton: 'Whatever the outcome, reconciliation is dead' |url=https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigenous-affairs/2023/10/14/marcia-langton-whatever-the-outcome-reconciliation-dead |url-access=subscription |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=The Saturday Paper |language=en}}", "url": "https://www.thesaturdaypaper.com.au/news/indigenous-affairs/2023/10/14/marcia-langton-whatever-the-outcome-reconciliation-dead", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |title=As Australians reject the Voice, Marcia Langton declares Reconciliation 'dead' |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australians-say-no-to-the-voice-before-polls-close-in-the-west/yt2y7eb9s |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=SBS News |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019213828/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australians-say-no-to-the-voice-before-polls-close-in-the-west/yt2y7eb9s |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/australians-say-no-to-the-voice-before-polls-close-in-the-west/yt2y7eb9s", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "13.s3", "text": "After the referendum, in which over 64% of South Australians voted against the Voice, state Liberal leader David Speirs cast some doubt on the Australian state and territory Indigenous voices|state based voice. Pauline Hanson's One Nation – South Australia|South Australian One Nation MP Sarah Game announced plans to introduce a bill to repeal the ''First Nations Voice Act 2023''.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite web |title=This state had the second-highest No vote, so why is it introducing its own Voice? |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/this-state-had-the-second-highest-no-vote-so-why-is-it-introducing-its-own-voice/qxrasyk03 |access-date=2023-10-20 |website=SBS News |language=en |archive-date=19 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231019225044/https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/this-state-had-the-second-highest-no-vote-so-why-is-it-introducing-its-own-voice/qxrasyk03 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.sbs.com.au/news/article/this-state-had-the-second-highest-no-vote-so-why-is-it-introducing-its-own-voice/qxrasyk03", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "13.s4", "text": "On 19 October 2023, the Queensland opposition Liberal National Party of Queensland (LNP) leader David Crisafulli announced that they would be dropping their support for a state based treaty and truth-telling. The LNP had previously supported a treaty in early 2023. The ''Path to Treaty Act 2023'' was repealed and the state's Truth-Telling and Healing Inquiry was abolished following the 2024 Queensland state election|LNP gaining government in 2024.", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news |last1=Gillespie |first1=Eden |last2=Smee |first2=Ben |date=2023-10-18 |title=Queensland LNP abandons support for treaty with First Nations people |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/19/queensland-lnp-abandons-support-for-treaty-with-first-nations-people |access-date=2023-10-20 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020064642/https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/19/queensland-lnp-abandons-support-for-treaty-with-first-nations-people |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/19/queensland-lnp-abandons-support-for-treaty-with-first-nations-people", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |date=2023-10-18 |title=Queensland Opposition Leader David Crisafulli says Path to Treaty 'will only create further division', retracts support for laws |first1=Kate |last1=McKenna |first2=Rachel |last2=Riga |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/david-crisafulli-backflips-on-path-to-treaty-support-queensland/102984166 |access-date=2023-10-20 |archive-date=20 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231020064648/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/david-crisafulli-backflips-on-path-to-treaty-support-queensland/102984166 |url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-19/david-crisafulli-backflips-on-path-to-treaty-support-queensland/102984166", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |date=October 18, 2023 |title=LNP flips on support for treaty |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigenous/queensland-lnp-flips-on-support-for-indigenous-treaty/news-story/74219eafa2f25e58befb099516381851 |first1=Lydia |last1=Lynch |first2=Michael |last2=McKenna |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20231018094740/https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigenous/queensland-lnp-flips-on-support-for-indigenous-treaty/news-story/74219eafa2f25e58befb099516381851?amp&nk=91c17c2ce0acfd9b343ec54198fe27fd-1697622469 |archive-date=18 October 2023 |website=The Australian}}", "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/indigenous/queensland-lnp-flips-on-support-for-indigenous-treaty/news-story/74219eafa2f25e58befb099516381851&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPB-Segment-2-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append&nk=c57af2251315cafe6c720ba0dc400ec1-1745143092", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Brennan |first=Dechlan |date=2024-11-28 |title=Queensland government shuts down truth-telling Inquiry in 'extraordinary act' |url=https://nit.com.au/28-11-2024/15119/queensland-government-shuts-down-truth-telling-inquiry-in-extraordinary-act |access-date= |website=National Indigenous Times}}", "url": "https://nit.com.au/28-11-2024/15119/queensland-government-shuts-down-truth-telling-inquiry-in-extraordinary-act", "status_code": 403, "reason": "Forbidden", "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |date=2024-12-04 |title=Queensland Bills a major step backwards for the rights of First Nations people |url=https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/queensland-bills-major-step-backwards-rights-first-nations-people |access-date= |website=Australian Human Rights Commission |language=en}}", "url": "https://humanrights.gov.au/about/news/media-releases/queensland-bills-major-step-backwards-rights-first-nations-people", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "13.s5", "text": "The Victorian Liberal Party were divided in the aftermath of the referendum over whether to continue supporting the state's treaty process. Alongside their fellow Coalition partners, the Victorian National Party|National Party of Victoria, in January 2024 both parties withdrew their support for treaty, leaving Victoria without bi{{nbh}}partisan backing for the proposal.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web | url=https://theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/21/victorian-liberals-moderate-credentials-looking-shaky-as-commitment-to-treaty-wavers | title=Victorian Liberals' moderate credentials looking shaky as commitment to treaty wavers |website=The Guardian |date= 20 Oct 2023 |first1=Benita |last1=Kolovos | access-date=22 October 2023 | archive-date=23 October 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231023035826/https://amp.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/21/victorian-liberals-moderate-credentials-looking-shaky-as-commitment-to-treaty-wavers | url-status=live }}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/21/victorian-liberals-moderate-credentials-looking-shaky-as-commitment-to-treaty-wavers", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last1=Kolovos |first1=Benita |last2=Ore |first2=Adeshola |date=2024-01-22 |title=Treaty could make people 'feel more divided', Victorian opposition leader says, as Coalition withdraws support |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/22/victoria-opposition-drops-support-for-indigenous-treaty |access-date=2024-01-24 |work=The Guardian |language=en-GB |issn=0261-3077}}", "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/22/victoria-opposition-drops-support-for-indigenous-treaty", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite news |last1=Love |first1=Simon |last2=Roulston |first2=Amy |date=2024-01-21 |title='We don't believe we should proceed with Treaty': Leader of Nationals confirms Coalition U-turn on support for Treaty in Victoria |url=https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/we-dont-believe-we-should-proceed-with-treaty-leader-of-nationals-confirms-coalition-uturn-on-support-for-treaty-in-victoria/news-story/310d54e27b55a0c43fb587ebed8a7163 |work=Sky News Australia |publisher=News Corp Australia |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240124140550/https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/we-dont-believe-we-should-proceed-with-treaty-leader-of-nationals-confirms-coalition-uturn-on-support-for-treaty-in-victoria/news-story/310d54e27b55a0c43fb587ebed8a7163 |archive-date= Jan 24, 2024 }}", "url": "https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/politics/we-dont-believe-we-should-proceed-with-treaty-leader-of-nationals-confirms-coalition-uturn-on-support-for-treaty-in-victoria/news-story/310d54e27b55a0c43fb587ebed8a7163?nk=d9d850fef3df4b94dd681905354fd5b5-1745143090", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" } ] }, { "id": "13.s6", "text": "Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott said the result was a rejection of identity politics and a chance to reject or reduce Aboriginal \"separatism\" with the wider Australian community, such as by no longer flying Aboriginal flags equally with the national flag or by not giving an acknowledgment of country prior to speaking at an official event.", "references": [ { "text": "{{cite web |last1=Abbott |first1=Tony |date=2023-10-20 |title=Voice defeat delivers opening salvo against identity politics |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/voice-defeat-delivers-opening-salvo-against-identity-politics/news-story/e8bbab6b2d88e5bf8745dbf4232c773b?amp&nk=774b7314400033826f07ccabec5f0a9e-1697941680 |url-access=subscription |access-date=22 October 2023 |work=The Australian}}", "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/commentary/voice-defeat-delivers-opening-salvo-against-identity-politics/news-story/e8bbab6b2d88e5bf8745dbf4232c773b?amp&nk=774b7314400033826f07ccabec5f0a9e-1697941680", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] }, { "id": "13.s7", "text": "Speaking one year after the referendum, Megan Davis and Yes23 campaign director Dean Parkin argued that the referendum debate had been unduly captured by politicians, with Indigenous voices shut out. Davis also stated that the Albanese government and the Commonwealth has subsequently endorsed leaving Indigenous policy to the states and territories who \"aren't committed\". Key figures in the No voice campaign Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and Nyunggai Warren Mundine stated that Australians want the best for \"the vulnerable and needy in our country (but) the voice failed to realise this\" and \"they didn’t want racial separation and race-based rights in the constitution and that they want all Australians to be treated equally\".", "references": [ { "text": "{{Cite news |last=Chambers |first=Geoff |last2=Taylor |first2=Paige |date=28 September 2024 |title=Invisible, voices unheard: Yes, PM |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-special-investigation-yes-campaign-leaders-felt-invisible-as-referendum-became-toxic/news-story/b7892352acbe8fb53ea532bdd4fec821 |url-access=subscription |work=The Weekend Australian |publisher=News Corp Australia |pages=1, 8–9}}", "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/indigenous-voice-to-parliament-special-investigation-yes-campaign-leaders-felt-invisible-as-referendum-became-toxic/news-story/b7892352acbe8fb53ea532bdd4fec821&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPB-Segment-2-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append&nk=d0231535ae36792af3a49b2aab386b6c-1745143092", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{Cite web |last=Grattan |first=Michelle |author-link=Michelle Grattan |date=2024-10-03 |title=Grattan on Friday: As the anniversary of the Voice vote nears, the high costs of Albanese’s misjudgement are clear |url=https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-as-the-anniversary-of-the-voice-vote-nears-the-high-costs-of-albaneses-misjudgement-are-clear-240347 |access-date= |website=The Conversation (website)|The Conversation |language=en-AU}}", "url": "https://theconversation.com/grattan-on-friday-as-the-anniversary-of-the-voice-vote-nears-the-high-costs-of-albaneses-misjudgement-are-clear-240347", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" }, { "text": "{{cite news |last1=Chambers |first1=Geoff |last2=Taylor |first2=Paige |title=Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Warren Mundine hit back at Yes activists for ‘blaming others for their failures’ |url=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-warren-mundine-hit-back-at-yes-activists-for-blaming-others-for-their-failures/news-story/a897d04ff381136c08d2b5ba5033027b |url-access=subscription |work=The Australian |publisher=News Corp Australia |date=29 September 2024}}", "url": "https://www.theaustralian.com.au/subscribe/news/1/?sourceCode=TAWEB_WRE170_a&dest=https://www.theaustralian.com.au/nation/politics/jacinta-nampijinpa-price-warren-mundine-hit-back-at-yes-activists-for-blaming-others-for-their-failures/news-story/a897d04ff381136c08d2b5ba5033027b&memtype=anonymous&mode=premium&v21=GROUPB-Segment-2-NOSCORE&V21spcbehaviour=append&nk=c57af2251315cafe6c720ba0dc400ec1-1745143092", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "news" }, { "text": "{{cite web |last=Mundine|first= Nyunggai Warren| title=White demographics did not drive the Voice vote |url=https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/opinion/white-demographics-did-not-drive-the-voice-vote/ |website =The Centre for Independent Studies |date=16 October 2024}}", "url": "https://www.cis.org.au/commentary/opinion/white-demographics-did-not-drive-the-voice-vote/", "status_code": 200, "reason": null, "type": "web" } ] } ] } ] }, { "id": "14", "title": "See also", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "15", "title": "Notes", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "16", "title": "References", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] }, { "id": "17", "title": "External links", "content": [ { "sentences": [] } ] } ] }