Australian billionaire Anthony Pratt has donated $1 million to the campaign for an Indigenous Voice to parliament, as both sides seek to build war chests to pay for advertisements across television, print and online.
The executive chairman of Visy Industries recently committed the money to the Yes campaign’s chief financing vehicle, Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition , which was granted tax deductibility status last month.The group is also in talks with other individuals and businesses about donating similar amounts as it prepares to ramp up its campaign in the coming months, including the launch of television advertisements.
Leading No campaigner and Bundjalung man Warren Mundine, who is heading the Recognise a Better Way campaign, said he estimated that his side had received about one-fifth of the donations of the Yes campaign.Advertisement Mundine said he always knew his side would be outspent by the Yes campaign, so they had to be “very targeted about how we take advantage of the media”.
Mundine said there were now three different groups on the No side, and they all had different perspectives, with his outfit supporting constitutional recognition but opposing the Voice.
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