Labor accuses no campaign of a ‘flat out lie’ after volunteer phone scripts revealed

Volunteers for Fair Australia, run by the Advance lobby group, have been told to raise concerns about issues such as Australia Day and reparations ahead of the referendum. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Albanese government has accused the no campaign of a “flat out lie” and “promoting fear” after it was revealed Fair Australia’s official phone call scripts suggested telling voters the change could “mean separate laws, separate economies and separate leaders”.

The official volunteer website for Fair Australia, run by the Advance conservative lobby group, suggests supporters conducting phone-banking blitzes raise concerns with voters about the voice’s effect on Australia Day, reparations, treaties and the passage of laws through parliament – all claims that have been rejected by Labor.