Our federal pollies are back in Canberra this week, and you better believe that means more discussions about the referendum on establishing an Indigenous Voice planned for later this year… Kicking things off yesterday was confirmation that the Albanese Government will provide $9.5 million for an awareness campaign that it insists is not a proxy ‘yes’ campaign. It will be a civics and education program administered by the National Indigenous Australians Agency that will “focus on delivering facts about the constitution, referendums as the mechanism to change the constitution, and information about the Voice proposal”, Finance Minister Katy Gallagher confirmed. Colour the Coalition skeptical… It wants public funding for ‘yes’ and ‘no’ campaigns – not government-funded materials that could see Team Albanese “putting fingers on the scales” of the debate, says spokesman Julian Leeser. PM Anthony Albanese has said the referendum will be held between October and December.