Grappler Truth Teller Feller wrote on May 18
th, 2023 at 8:49am:
Hmmm - didn't someone says the government had no obligation to post a No case in a refero?
"What is the referendum pamphlet?
The Referendum Machinery Act, governing how referendums are held, requires the Australian Electoral Commission to compile and deliver the paper document to all voters. It contains essays for and against the constitutional alteration, written by politicians who voted for or against the bill in parliament (more on that later)."
Well I thought a govt had a moral obligation to fund both sides/cases in a referendum.....
that's only fair.
Why should the "yes" campaign proponents get tax payers money & the "no" campaign has to raise it's own funds?
Surely it should be the same rules applying to each team in a debate?
Because they should both be on a level playing field & the presentation of arguments for and against put to the public for them to weigh up & make a decision at the ballot box through the referendum.
Much the same as political parties are financed by govt & donations to run their campaigns to get you to vote for them.
For Albanese to say that funding the "No" campaign would be racist.....is 1. a complete lie further to the use of emotional blackmail & 2. and the lack details of who, what, where & why regarding the voice is deceptive & underhanded.
You do not run a referendum on a Constitutional change costing over $200million dollars asking the people to vote it up without details that they say will tell you after the referendum if it gets up.
That is ludicrous.
Furthermore those monies are split with the AEC & NIAA (An Aboriginal specific body).
Not all Aboriginals support the "Voice" propaganda.
Quote:Funding for the referendum was provided to the AEC and NIAA in the October 2022 Australian federal budget, with a total distribution of $75.2 million (excluding Contingency Reserves) over two years (FY2022–24). There is an additional $160 million of the federal Contingency Reserve available to deliver the referendum.
The bias of funding one side of this debate for the proposed referendum is what is actually racist & tantamount to apartheid.
Vote NO!