Labor reverses course on mailing out official pamphlet on Indigenous voice referendum

Government agrees to send out brochure laying out both arguments for voice to parliament after first claiming it was outdated in the internet age

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Australian voters will receive an official information pamphlet laying out the cases for the yes and no campaigns of the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum, the Labor government has decided, changing tack after both sides raised concerns about plans to scrap the brochure.

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has been quick to claim credit for the government’s backflip, a key condition of his support for the bills needed to set up the referendum, but says the Coalition still wants public funding for the campaigns.

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