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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will today announce the date for the Voice to Parliament referendum, widely expected to be in mid-October. While the “yes” and “no” cases have been in action for some time, the announcement of a date will see both sides switch up a gear.
You may already have received your pamphlet from the Australian Electoral Commission outlining both cases in the post. The AEC distributes the pamphlet, but it does not write the cases and they are not independently fact-checked.
However, legal experts Gabrielle Appleby, Paul Kildea and Sean Brennan have done that analysis, studying the claims from both the “yes” and “no” camps to see which arguments stand up and which don’t (and there’s quite a few of the latter).
As the referendum draws nearer, this kind of analysis is essential reading to ensure our votes are as informed as possible.
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Amanda Dunn
Politics + Society Editor
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Gabrielle Appleby, UNSW Sydney; Paul Kildea, UNSW Sydney; Sean Brennan, UNSW Sydney
The “yes” and “no” cases have outlined their arguments to be sent out to Australian voters. Here, legal experts examine the claims by both sides to see if they stack up.
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Vincent Ho, Western Sydney University
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Peter Breadon, Grattan Institute; Aaron Yin, Grattan Institute
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Evgenii Krestianinov, Australian National University
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Dan Andrews, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University; Elyse Dwyer, Macquarie University
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Kim Beasy, University of Tasmania; Chloe Lucas, University of Tasmania; Gretta Pecl, University of Tasmania
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Michelle Cameron, University of Waikato
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Tanya Dalziell, The University of Western Australia; Paul Genoni, Curtin University
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Politics + Society
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Marie Segrave, Monash University; Chloe Keel, Monash University; Rebecca Wickes, Griffith University; Shih Joo Tan, Monash University
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Nicky Jones, University of Southern Queensland
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Lara Herrero, Griffith University; Wesley Freppel, Griffith University; Yong Qian Koo, Griffith University
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Stephen Townsend, The University of Queensland; Alan Pearce, La Trobe University; Kathleen Bachynski, Muhlenberg College
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Martin Brook, University of Auckland
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Business + Economy
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Claire Mason, CSIRO; Haohui Chen, Data61; Louisa Warren, CSIRO
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Peter Martin, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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