‘Nothing has been explained’: remote communities deprived of information about the voice, residents say

‘Voting is just around the corner and there is nothing’ … Torres Strait Island environmental activist Paul Kabai. Photograph: Connor Kerlin

First Nations people living in some of the remotest parts of the country say they still lack information about the voice to parliament only weeks out from the referendum.

As early voting opens in remote and regional Australia before the referendum on 14 October, some residents on both sides of the argument say voters are struggling to access information about the meaning of the proposed constitutional change.