The official No campaign has distanced itself from this weekend’s rallies, which have been organised by Simeon Boikov – known online as “the Aussie Cossack”.
Rallies opposing the Indigenous Voice to parliament planned around Australia this weekend are being organised by a pro-Kremlin activist and anti-vaccination campaigner living in the Russian consulate in Sydney.
“We expect there will be many grassroots events and organisations springing up in communities across the country in opposition to the divisive Voice and that is understandable,” the spokesman said in a written statement.
“We don’t want people to forget about all the other issues,” he said. “We’re saying no to the Voice, but the Voice isn’t something that cancels out all the other grievances that we have with the government.” The Svoboda Alliance – Russians in Australia who oppose Putin’s invasion of Ukraine – said pro-Kremlin influencers were “using First Nations people to promote their messages”.
While neither side appeared to be deploying armies of bots, Graham said the No camp had many more “suspicious accounts” and was dominated by misinformation and conspiracy theories.
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