An outbreak of unity among the naysayers will be formalised this week as Warren Mundine’s Recognise a Better Way group officially merges with the much slicker Fair Australia group.
For anyone out there thinking the No campaign for the upcoming referendum was looking a little disjointed, great news.
We’re delighted to confirm that an outbreak of unity among the naysayers will be formalised this week asRecognise a Better Way group, which has a distinctly home-spun feel, officially merges with the much slicker Fair Australia group – a subsidiary of Liberal-linked attack operation Advance Australia – and fronted by Country Liberal Party senatorWho will take the backseat now that Warren Mundine and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price are sharing the limelight?The two groups will come together...
It’s nice to see Leeser – who has not given up his quest for changes to the proposed Voice model – pursuing his lobbying activities in such a civilised way.What better way to resolve your approach to a referendum than to have a, well, a referendum about it. That’s what Victoria’s barristers – who are bitterly split on the question – have decided to do.
The Bar Council’s 21-member ruling committee got together in Melbourne to discuss whether the organisation should take a stance on the Voice to parliament, and decided – wait for it – to put it to a vote. It’s an electronic secret ballot of the state’s 2200 learned friends. The question: support the Voice or take no position on it – the option to abstain is there too. Voting closes on May 31. May it please the court.
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