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AEC responds after Jacinta Nampijinpa Price questions ‘conduct’ in Indigenous communities that voted yes

Price claimed there was ‘manipulation’ in remote communities but electoral commission says ‘ability to campaign at any polling place … was the same for everyone’

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Thousands gather for pro-Palestine rallies; Indigenous voice to parliament defeated – as it happened

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AEC calls for ‘civility’ in last week of voice campaign as staff report clashes with voters

Electoral commission says ‘vast majority’ well behaved but there have been issues between opposing campaigners and workers filmed without consent

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Suck Shit: Clive Palmer Tried To Change Voting Rules And Was Shut Down By The Federal Court

It’s one thing for the Federal Court to dismiss you once. It’s another thing entirely for them to dismiss you twice. The Federal Court has dismissed a last minute legal bid to not count ticks as “yes” votes in the Voice to Parliament referendum. This latest bid was backed by…

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Morning Mail: AFL’s gambling problem, Covid-19 inquiry expected, UK’s green retreat

Sport under fire for promoting bets with an 85% fail rate; Anthony Albanese tipped to announce panel to examine response to pandemic

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AEC struggles to get Twitter to remove posts that ‘incite violence’ and spread ‘disinformation’ ahead of voice

Exclusive: Documents reveal platform has repeatedly ruled tweets reported by the Australian Electoral Commission are not against its terms of service

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‘Hi it’s Jacinta Price’: Liberal anti-voice mass text campaign branded ‘deceptive’ by teals

Australian Electoral Commission says texts purporting to be from no campaign leader are legal, but MPs say they are ‘predatory’

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‘Trumpian era’ of disinformation makes voice yes campaign job more difficult, Megan Davis says

Architect of the Uluru statement criticises some media outlets for highlighting misinformation being shared on social media platforms

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Coalition no campaigners spending four times more on voice Facebook ads than counterparts

Exclusive: Coalition MPs who oppose the voice to parliament have spent thousands in taxpayer-funded expenses to boost no campaign ads

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Australians to vote October 14 on the Voice, with Albanese urging people to support 'an idea'

Australians will vote on October 14 to decide whether the Constitution will be changed to include a Voice to Parliament and executive government.

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Australians will vote in a referendum on October 14. What do you need to know?

Australians will go to the polls on October 14 to vote in a referendum on an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice. We have not voted in a federal referendum since 1999. So what do you need to know?

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How do the 'yes' and 'no' cases stack up? Constitutional law experts take a look

In the coming weeks, Australians will be asked to vote “yes” or “no” to the constitutional amendment to recognise Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people through establishing a body known as the Voice.

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Afternoon Update: Donald Trump’s mugshot taken; AEC says tick-cross backlash ‘based on emotion’; and Mark Humphries sketch cut by ABC

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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Battle of the Voice – Greens senator Dorinda Cox & Liberal senator Kerrynne Liddle

The Voice to Parliament reached another milestone this week, with the official essays for the Yes and No cases published online by the Australian Electoral Commission. These will be sent to all Australian electors in the lead up to the vote, which will be in the last quarter of the…

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The campaign pamphlets for the Voice don't offer new perspectives. Do they still serve a purpose?

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has published the “yes” and “no” pamphlets for the Voice to Parliament on its website. The pamphlet will eventually be printed and must be delivered to every household around the country at least 14 days before the referendum.

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Voice backers sign off on ‘simple, hopeful’ message for referendum pamphlet

Yes and no camps have been writing their competing essays, to be published by AEC on Tuesday

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PM says time to get ‘yes’ case rolling – as it happened

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Size really matters: AEC takes Craig Kelly to court over fine print on election ads

Failed UAP candidate tells federal court he had left corflute lettering to ‘professional experience’ of designers

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Fadden candidates to be unveiled, as LNP target seat

Liberal leader Peter Dutton is campaigning in the seat of Fadden as the Australian Electoral Commission prepares the ballot draw for the by-election.

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Voice to Parliament mock referendum hoped to improve lagging Aboriginal enrolment rate

Western Australia has the lowest rate of Aboriginal voter enrolment in the country. A trial to increase that number could soon roll out nationally.

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How we can avoid political misinformation in the lead-up to the Voice referendum

The Australian Electoral Commission has launched a website aimed at rebutting disinformation. This is a timely change, as we are seeing an increase of both disinformation and misinformation being spread about the First Nations Voice to Parliament.

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Commission denies bias in Indigenous enrolment ads

The head of the Australian Electoral Commission has defended the way advertising encourages Indigenous people to enrol to vote.

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Misinformation list to protect Voice referendum process

Misinformation about the voice referendum processes will not be tolerated by the Australian Electoral Commission, which has launched a disinformation register.

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Indigenous voice: electoral commission launches campaign to combat misinformation and confusion

The AEC says it will be ‘proactive’ online and use a variety of other media to help inform voters about the upcoming referendum

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Fears Indigenous Australians could be disenfranchised in voice referendum unless voting rules changed

There are calls to allow enrolment on referendum day so as not to prevent people in remote Indigenous communities from voting

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