Labor accuses no campaign of a ‘flat out lie’ after volunteer phone scripts revealed
by Josh Butler from World news | The Guardian on (#6ENWS)
Guide suggests callers identify themselves as representing Fair Australia rather than the no campaign against the Indigenous voice to parliament
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The Albanese government has accused the no campaign of a flat out lie" and promoting fear" after it was revealed Fair Australia's official phone call scripts suggested telling voters the change could mean separate laws, separate economies and separate leaders".
The official volunteer website for Fair Australia, run by the Advance conservative lobby group, suggests supporters conducting phone-banking blitzes raise concerns with voters about the voice's effect on Australia Day, reparations, treaties and the passage of laws through parliament - all claims that have been rejected by Labor.
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