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Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University

What are 'Advance' and 'Fair Australia', and why are they spearheading the 'no' campaign on the Voice?

Mick Tsikas/AAP

It never quite lived up to its billing as “the right-wing GetUp!” but five years on, an activist group feted by Australia’s most conservative politicians and backed by some rich but reclusive individuals is a vocal opponent of the Voice to Parliament.

While Advance Australia has not matched the profile of its often-reviled left-wing nemesis, it believes the Voice referendum, expected in October, is its best chance of exercising serious political clout.

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