The minister for Indigenous Australians has discussed facing “unbelievably racist bullying” as the opposition leader sowed confusion over a second referendum.
Yes. Or No. What is a straightforward choice on referendum day has mutated into one of the nastier periods in Australian political history.
Volunteers are being instructed to convince voters that the anti-Voice movement punches down on Indigenous Australians.
Readers have their say on the Voice as the referendum date is announced
The Indigenous Australians Minister says health issues have altered her voice,but otherwise she is “fighting fit”.
The Electoral Commission has taken the unusual step of publicly rejecting Peter Dutton’s complaint about referendum ballot papers.
At the Labor Party’s national conference,the previously staunch left-winger cast himself as a consensus politician who would govern from the centre.
The Yes campaign lacks cut-through and is being played off a break by bomb-throwing No campaigners. That must change for the Voice referendum to have any chance of success.
The Coalition ramped up its attack on the Voice to parliament during question time,portraying the referendum as the start of an ambitious treaty agenda.
Personal abuse has brazenly stepped out of the shadows to join craven politics,opinion poll judgments and attempts to exploit divisions in the increasingly murky and polarised debate surrounding an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
In another messy day for the Voice debate,Linda Burney accused Peter Dutton of bullying while Jacinta Price fired back over Trump-style strategy claims.