Pamphlets for voice to parliament could spread misinformation and ‘racist messaging’, leading yes campaigner says

‘It’s up to the parliament now to determine whether or not there’ll be factchecking,’ prof Megan Davis says. Photograph: Brendon Thorne/Getty Images

The Albanese government’s decision to produce pamphlets for the yes and no cases on an Indigenous voice to parliament could spread misinformation and “racist messaging”, according to a leading campaigner for the yes case.

Prof Megan Davis, co-chair of the Uluru dialogues and member of the government’s referendum advisory group, said she was concerned the pamphlets were written by politicians, were not factchecked and that “misinformation and fabrication and racist messaging” could be mailed to voters.