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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Van Badham

‘Disinformania’ has taken over the internet - can ‘no’ voice opportunists maintain control of an unleashed far right flank?

Demonstrators attended a rally in opposition of an Indigenous voice to parliament over the weekend in Sydney
Demonstrators attended a rally in opposition of an Indigenous voice to parliament over the weekend in Sydney, organised in part by Putin-apologist and anti-vaxxer Simeon Boikov. Photograph: David Gray/AFP/Getty Images

The Indigenous voice to parliament proposal is not a secret UN plot to steal Australian land. It is not a proposal for a “third chamber of parliament”. It is also not a conspiracy to stop dairy farming, impose “backdoor communism”, force people to listen to rap music or start a new religion … though I have been told all these things on social media this past fortnight.

Welcome to Disinformania; Australia, you’re standing in it.

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