The Yes campaign for this year's Voice referendum is amassing a heavy-hitting group of business, legal and political minds to lead the case for change, announcing a respected Liberal strategist and John Howard confidant as its latest recruit.
Lawyer Danny Gilbert and film director Rachel Perkins will lead the fundraising groupThe former prime minister's chief of staff and former Liberal Party director Tony Nutt is joining the board of Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition — the lead organising and fundraising vehicle for the Yes side.
Mr Nutt said he had long been a supporter of Indigenous constitutional recognition and hoped for a successful result in this year's referendum. "While the preamble proposal — which included other material — was not passed by electors, that did not change my personal support for the constitutional recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in our nation's constitution."
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