Yes supporters break week of silence by stating 14 October result was so mean-spirited it would remain ‘unbelievable and appalling’ for decades
to express shock and grief at last Saturday’s result, accusing Australians who voted no of committing “a shameful act whether knowingly or not”.
“Our right to be heard continues to exist both as a democratic imperative for this nation and as our inherent right to self-determination.” The groups separately said the scale of “deliberate disinformation and misinformation was unprecedented, and it proliferated, unchecked, on social media, repeated in mainstream media and unleashed a tsunami of racism against our people”.
“The truth is that the majority of Australians have committed a shameful act whether knowingly or not, and there is nothing positive to be interpreted from it. We needed truth to be told to the Australian people.
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