Prominent Chinese-Australians say members of their community are more likely to trust local leaders than politicians, and the Yes campaign could have done much better in the referendum.
Bubs Australia chairwoman Katrina Rathie says she’s voting Yes, but that the campaign in favour of the Voice has let something “quite simple seem very complicated”.
Members bemoaned the lack of Chinese-Australian faces involved in the Yes campaign, and said community engagement needed to happen months, not weeks ago., reflecting months of polling that indicates the referendum on Saturday is headed for defeat.But 46 per cent of culturally and linguistically diverse voters surveyed indicated they were going to vote Yes, compared to 43 per cent who were voting No, and 11 per cent undecided.
Asian Australian Alliance founder Erin Chew was campaigning for the Voice in Sydney’s inner-west on Friday. She fears misinformation on WeChat suggesting property owners could face increased land taxes or even lose their property to native title claims if the Yes vote won might have scared many Chinese-Australian voters.Erin Chew is part of a group of Chinese-Australians who have banded together to show support for the Voice.
Katrina Rathie banded together with celebrity chefs Adam Liaw and Kylie Kwong, Telstra non-executive director Ming Long, Australian Unity chair Lisa Chung, Deloitte partner Simone Cheung, and Ernst & Young partner Lynn Morrison in making a last ditch effort over to win over Chinese Australians., including Dr Fan Yang from Melbourne University, Deakin’s Dr Luke Heemsbergen, and Dr Robbie Fordyce from Monash, say the No campaign easily won the war on social media.
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