Jacinta Price declined 52 ABC interview requests to discuss Indigenous voice referendum

A report by the national broadcaster found the prominent no campaigner ‘did not agree to a single interview on a major broadcast program’

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High-profile no campaigner Jacinta Nampijinpa Price turned down interview requests from the ABC to discuss the voice referendum more than 52 times, according to the national broadcaster’s referendum coverage review committee report.

The report found the yes campaign had about twice as much coverage overall as the no campaign. The reasons for that, according to the report, included a lack of people willing to come on to discuss the no side, time taken up by government press conferences which often argued for the yes vote, and a decision to focus on First Nations voices, who were predominantly arguing for yes.

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