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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Sarah Basford Canales and Ariel Bogle

Advance Australia doubled donations to raise nearly $5m ahead of voice to parliament referendum

Advance Australia’s Matthew Sheahan
Advance Australia’s Matthew Sheahan speaking during the 2023 Conservative Political Action Network Conference in Sydney in the lead up to the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum. Photograph: Dean Lewins/AAP

The conservative advocacy group “powering” the no campaign almost doubled its donations to raise nearly $5m in the lead up to the historic referendum.

Advance Australia, a once relatively obscure answer to the progressive activist group Get Up, raised $4.9m in donations over the 2022-23 financial year, its most recent financial report lodged with the corporate regulator, Asic, shows. This represents a near doubling on the previous year’s figure of $2.5m.

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