REFERENDUM – AUSTRALIA

We did as we were asked, says PM on Voice

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Original article by Phillip Coorey
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 5 : 15-Oct-24

Speaking a year to the day that the Indigenous Voice to parliament referendum was soundly defeated, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has described the result as a "disappointing result" but a collective loss. Albanese said that in bringing on the referendum that he was simply honouring an invitation by Indigenous Australians in 2017 to "walk with them in the Uluru Statement from the Heart". Opposition Leader Peter Dutton had promised prior to the Voice referendum that he would hold a referendum next year to recognise Indigenous people in the constitution if he wins the federal election. He dumped his promise after the Voice referendum, and Albanese on Monday dared Dutton to make good on his promise if he is elected.

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AUSTRALIA. DEPT OF THE PRIME MINISTER AND CABINET

Voice support backfired: new Qantas chairman

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Original article by Nick Bonyhady
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 10 : 14-Jun-24

Incoming Qantas chairman John Mullen has told the Australian Financial Review Chanticleer 50th Anniversary lunch that corporate Australia’s support for the Voice referendum harmed its image with many people. Qantas backed the Voice under former CEO Alan Joyce and departing chairman Richard Goyder, while it also actively supported same-sex marriage, but Mullen suggested that it was potentially unwise for companies to get too involved in a social cause that could be connected to a particular government, only to find that government out of office

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QANTAS AIRWAYS LIMITED – ASX QAN

Yes campaign groups received millions more in donations than No side for Voice referendum

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Original article by Paul Sakkal
The Age – Page: Online : 3-Apr-24

Data from the Australian Electoral Commission shows that the ‘Yes’ campaign for an Indigenous Voice to parliament received about five times more funding than the ‘No’ campaign. Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition received a total of $47.4m in donations, while it spent $43.8m on advocating a ‘Yes’ vote in the referendum. The separate Yes23 group, Uluru Dialogues, received about $10m in funding for its campaign. Meanwhile, the ‘No’ campaign received about $13m in funding, led by Australians for Unity. The AEC figures also show that the Paul Ramsay Foundation was the biggest individual donor, contributing $7m to the ‘Yes’ campaign.

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Coverage by ABC favoured Yes vote

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Original article by Sophie Elsworth
The Australian – Page: 2 : 5-Dec-23

The ABC has released its 2023 Voice to Parliament Referendum report, with editorial policies manager Mark Maley concluding that the public broadcaster’s coverage of the referendum favoured the Yes vote. The report revealed that ABC Ombudsman Fiona Cameron had received 382 complaints relating to the referendum coverage, with 82 per cent relating to claims of bias or lack of balance. 121 of the complaints were investigated, but only four were found to have breached editorial standards.

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AUSTRALIAN BROADCASTING CORPORATION

ALP support plunges after the defeat of The Voice Referendum: ALP 49.5% (down 4.5%) cf. L-NP Coalition 50.5% (up 4.5%)

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Original article by Roy Morgan
Market Research Update – Page: Online : 24-Oct-23

The L-NP Coalition would now win a Federal Election as ALP two-party preferred support plunged 4.5% to 49.5% and is now behind the L-NP Coalition on 50.5% (up 4.5%) after all six States voted against the proposed ‘Voice to Parliament’ at the nation-wide referendum on Saturday October 14, according to the latest Roy Morgan Poll taken in the first week after the referendum from Monday October 16 – Sunday October 22, 2023. This is the first time the Roy Morgan Poll shows the Coalition leading the Albanese Government on a two-party preferred basis since the Federal Election. Primary support for the ALP was down 3% to 32% and the Coalition increased 2% to 36%. Another 32% chose another party or independent, including the Greens on 14% and One Nation on 4.5%. The results are based on Roy Morgan surveying of a representative sample of 1,383 Australian electors. Further details on the Roy Morgan Poll on Federal Voting Intention, including the States, will be provided in Roy Morgan’s Market Research Update and Weekly Update Video.

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Voice leaders pen rival letter of angst to Albanese

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 24-Oct-23

Some indigenous groups issued a 12-point open letter on Sunday in which they blamed the loss of the referendum on an Indigenous voice to parliament on "a shameful act" by Australian voters. However, not all Indigenous Voice advocates agreed with the blunt language used, and they are preparing to send their own private response to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese. It is understood that their letter will include significant criticism of the conduct of the Voice campaign and of interventions by leading No advocates including Opposition leader Peter Dutton and the Coalition’s Indigenous Australians spokeswoman Jacinta Nampijinpa Price.

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Indigenous groups say voice referendum unleashed a tsunami of racism

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Original article by Sarah Basford Canales
The Guardian Australia – Page: Online : 23-Oct-23

Indigenous groups who supported the Voice campaign have accused those who voted No of a "shameful act whether knowingly or not" in a 12-point statement issued after ending a week of silence in the wake of the referendum’s resounding defeat. The statement claimed that the level of disinformation and misinformation espoused by those against the Voice was so bad that it "unleashed a tsunami of racism against our people", and that Australia had chosen "to make itself less liberal and less democratic" as a result of voting No.

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Telstra stands by its $1m backing for Voice

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Original article by Matt Bell
The Australian – Page: 13 & 16 : 18-Oct-23

Telstra’s support for the ‘Yes’ campaign for an Indigenous Voice to parliament came under scrutiny at the telco’s AGM on Tuesday. Chairman John Mullen said the decision to contribute $1m to the campaign had been deemed to be in the best interests of the company and its shareholders; he emphasised that the personal views of Telstra’s executives and directors played no role in the decision. However, Australian Shareholders’ Association CEO Rachel Waterhouse contends that companies should only support a social cause if it aligns with their strategy and shareholders are fully informed.

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‘Hell of a journey’: campaign run ends after 14,500km

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Original article by Tom McIlroy
The Australian Financial Review – Page: 4 : 12-Oct-23

Former Liberal MP Pat Farmer has finished a 14,500-kilometre run around Australia in support of an Indigenous Voice to parliament. Starting his run in Tasmania in April, Farmer arrived at Uluru on Wednesday, where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Northern Territory Chief Minister Natasha Fyles were among those to greet him. Farmer said the run "was a hell of a journey", while Albanese described him "as an absolute inspiration". Farmer spoke in favour of Indigenous constitutional recognition in towns and cities along his run, while he referred to the voice referendum on 14 October as a "turning point in Australia’s history"

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Uluru statement a ‘declaration of war’: Mundine

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The New Daily – Page: Online : 27-Sep-23

Indigenous leader Nyunggai Warren Mundine used a National Press Club speech on Tuesday to reiterate his view that the proposed Indigenous Voice to parliament is divisive. Amongst other things, he refuted claims by ‘Yes’ advocates that Indigenous Australians currently do not have a voice, contending that they have many voices and that hundreds of Indigenous organisations are involved in policy-making that affects First Nations people. Mundine also described the Uluru Statement from the Heart as "a symbolic declaration of war against modern Australia". Leading ‘Yes’ campaigner and Uluru statement architect Megan Davis says this comment is "inflammatory".

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