The Australian Electoral Commission ((AEC)) has published the official case of the Yes and No campaigns for the Voice referendum to Parliament on its website.
The cases will be sent in pamphlet form to every home in the country.
A-E-C has stressed the official pamphlet making the case for both sides was not redacted; not fact-checked; and not the commission's wording.
Australians will stage a referendum between October and December to vote on enshrining an Indigenous advisory body, known as Votes for Parliament, in the constitution. The
Yes case, written by the Government and supported by representatives in parliament, proposes Voting Yes for a better future for Aborigines and Torres Strait Islanders and all Australians.
It said voting yes was about recognition of indigenous Australians, listening to their advice on matters affecting their lives and making practical progress in the health, education, employment and housing of natives. The
Yes pamphlet also included support for Voice from Indigenous sports icons, including Johnathan Thurston, Eddie Betts, and Evonne Goolagong Cawley. The
No pamphlet, written by several Coalition members, urged “If you don't know, vote NO”.
It was argued that the Vocie was legally risky; would not help the Indigenous people; would be permanent, expensive and bureaucratic.
Opposition spokeswoman for Indigenous Australia Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who helped write the No pamphlet, said the Voice was divisive.
