/ 18 July 2023

A serve of yes and no

A marcher holds a flag as he protests for Aboriginal rights on Australia Day at Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, January 26, 2020. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING
A marcher holds a flag as he protests for Aboriginal rights on Australia Day at Parliament House in Canberra, Sunday, January 26, 2020. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

Get your interwebs fired up – the Australian Electoral Commission will publish the ‘Yes’ and ‘No’ campaigns’ talking points on why we should/shouldn’t support the upcoming referendum on enshrining an Indigenous Voice to Parliament in the constitution. MPs from both sides of the debate submitted their homework yesterday in separate, unedited, and unformatted documents – and they will be uploaded by the AEC today exactly as they have been received. Next, we’ll get the pamphlet version that’s being mailed to all Aussie households before the referendum. As for when that vote will be, PM Anthony Albanese yesterday said he won’t make that announcement early next month, as many had expected. He says the date somewhere between October-December will be revealed closer to the time because it “doesn’t need to be that very long campaign.”

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