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

Secretive firm behind voice no campaign billed taxpayers almost $135,000 via Coalition MPs, documents show

Jacinta Price, Alex Antic and Claire Chandler against receipt and Whitestone Strategic logo
Whitestone Strategic invoiced at least $134,750 from elected representatives over two years, including Coalition senators (left to right) Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Alex Antic and Claire Chandler. Composite: The Guardian / AAP

The secretive firm behind the no campaign in the voice referendum has claimed almost $135,000 in taxpayer funding, including almost $70,000 from the Coalition senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, as part of its work to help conservative politicians sharpen their messaging to voters.

Whitestone Strategic, a political consultancy group that claims to provide “up-to-the-minute technology and campaign clout in the fight for Australian values”, was contracted to the official campaign opposing the Indigenous voice to parliament in 2023.

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