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Secretive firm behind voice no campaign billed taxpayers almost $135,000 via Coalition MPs, documents show

Exclusive: Whitestone Strategic, which has close ties to rightwing lobby group Advance, was paid to craft messaging on topics such as vaccine mandates and renewable energy

The Guardian - AU

Advance Australia doubled donations to raise nearly $5m ahead of voice to parliament referendum

Documents lodged with corporate regulator also show the rightwing advocacy group spent $3.4m campaigning against Indigenous voice proposal

The Guardian - AU

Revealed: the secretive rightwing firm providing ‘clout’ for voice no campaign

Whitestone Strategic consultancy found to have more ties with prime movers against Indigenous voice than previously known

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The 'yes' campaign is generating the most media and social media content. Yet, it continues to trail in the polls

With almost a third of votes cast already in postal and pre-poll voting for the Voice to Parliament referendum, the “yes” campaign is ramping up its advertising and media efforts. Both campaigns are in the home straight ahead of Saturday’s crucial ballot.

The Conversation

Voice referendum battlegrounds: digital ad spending surges in South Australia and Tasmania

Yes and no camps have both honed in on two states considered to be critical to outcome, Facebook advertising data shows

The Guardian - AU

Why the Voice could be a bulwark against Trumpism gaining a stronger foothold in Australia

As former Labor minister Barry Jones has wisely noted, the Voice referendum feels like 2016 all over again.

The Conversation

The 'yes' Voice campaign is far outspending 'no' in online advertising, but is the message getting through?

With early voting set to open next week for the Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum, this is a critical time for campaigners to win over voters.

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Coalition frontbencher condemns anti-voice rallies as ‘shameless’ attempt to push ‘extreme causes’

James Paterson warns fellow no voters against attending events promoted by pro-Kremlin activist Simeon Boikov

The Guardian - AU

Ads reveal pathway to success for 'yes', 'no' campaigns

Facebook ads targeting different states and a variety of age groups have shone a light on how the 'yes' and 'no' campaigns plan on winning the voice referendum.

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No campaign spreads through TikTok ‘like wildfire’ as pro-voice creators struggle to cut through

Fair Australia’s memes and slick videos are surging on social platform, garnering far more views and followers than the yes campaign

The Guardian - AU

Split emerges in no campaign as Mundine says opposing voice makes treaties more likely

The comments come days after fellow no campaigner Jacinta Nampijinpa Price declared you ‘can’t have treaty’

The Guardian - AU

A Vote No Campaign Team Allegedly Told Volunteers To ‘Flat Out Lie’ & Spread ‘Misinformation’

A group for the Vote No campaign have landed themselves in trouble after leaks that they were instructing volunteers to play dodgy.

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The Indigenous voice debate is testing Australia’s democracy – and we can’t give in to rancorous polarisation

Peter Dutton knows that the louder the contention about the voice gets, the more Australians will switch off

The Guardian - AU

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Labor accuses no campaign of a ‘flat out lie’ after volunteer phone scripts revealed

Guide suggests callers identify themselves as representing Fair Australia rather than the no campaign against the Indigenous voice to parliament

The Conversation

The 'no' campaign is dominating the messaging on the Voice referendum on TikTok – here's why

In the first week after the prime minister revealed October 14 as the Voice to Parliament referendum date, the “yes” and “no” campaigns recast their messages, resulting in unprecedented news coverage and public engagement with the debate.

The Guardian - AU

Film-maker Martin McDonagh calls no campaign ‘rightwing swine’ for using scene in voice referendum ad

Response comes after Fair Australia shared clip from Seven Psychopaths with face of Anthony Albanese superimposed over gun-toting thug

The Guardian - AU

Coalition no campaigners spending four times more on voice Facebook ads than counterparts

Exclusive: Coalition MPs who oppose the voice to parliament have spent thousands in taxpayer-funded expenses to boost no campaign ads

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How a viral Channel Seven clip that had nothing to do with the voice was co-opted by the no camp

Confusion over Western Australia’s new cultural heritage laws is being co-opted by the no campaign and far-right opponents of the voice

The Guardian - AU

No campaign runs opposite claims on Indigenous voice across different social media pages

Exclusive: Advance lobby group runs multiple Facebook pages that target different demographics, including one that purports to be a neutral news source

Newcastle Herald

Newcastle Airport upgrade's great, but we need better links to Sydney

'This would complete the picture.'

The Independent UK

Major Australian media outlet apologises for ‘racist’ full-page ad featuring Indigenous people

Ad shows Wesfarmers chair Michael Chaney handing money to Indigenous leader Thomas Mayo

ABC News

No campaign accused of misrepresenting First Nations commentators in youth-targeted advertisements

Quotes from prominent First Nations activists, writers, academics and politicians who have critiqued the notion of a Voice to Parliament have appeared in new No campaign social media ads. But some are not willing participants.

ABC News

The 'No' campaign claimed to have the backing of Vincent Lingiari's grandson. But the man in question says he's not related

'No' campaign leaders Warren Mundine and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price have both claimed Indigenous land rights activist Vincent Lingiari's grandson opposed the Voice. Was that actually correct?

The Guardian - AU

Indigenous man condemns voice no campaign for claiming he is Vincent Lingiari’s grandson

Stewart Lingiari calls on no campaign to take his picture down after leaders falsely claim he was grandson of land rights leader Vincent Lingiari

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