Volunteers are being instructed to convince voters that the anti-Voice movement punches down on Indigenous Australians.
Trade union campaigners are being instructed to tell Australians the No side is vilifying Aboriginal people in the Voice to parliament referendum campaign, which has sparked another intense political feud over racism allegations.
Yes campaigners accuse their opponents of sparking the viciousness of the Voice debate. A Victorian Trades Hall Council “key messages” document shows its thousands of volunteers are being told to convince voters that the anti-Voice movement punches down on Indigenous Australians.“Call out the tactic and who’s behind it: Point to their motivation Creating division ; Distracting ,” the document states.
Brawling over the referendum reached intense and personal highs during the second last parliamentary question time before referendum day. Treasurer Jim Chalmers accused Opposition Leader Peter Dutton of being the “chief propagandist” in a campaign of lies, as the Coalition backbench hurled interjections at Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney.
Langton said on ABC’s Radio National on Wednesday morning that there were “of course” people advocating for the No campaign who were not racist, a day after it emerged she had labelled the No case’s arguments racist and stupid. “The surge of racist nonsense is confined to a minority of Australians,” she said at a University of Queensland event.
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