Tom Calma says politicians deliberately ‘peddling misinformation’ on Indigenous voice

Key voice campaigner says MPs ‘should know better if they’ve got a conscience’ than to mislead the public on the referendum

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Prominent voice campaigner and senior Australian of the Year, Professor Tom Calma has lashed out at politicians for deliberately “peddling misinformation” about the referendum, saying they “should know better, if they’ve got a conscience” than to “mislead” voters.

Calma, a Kungarakan man from the Northern Territory, will address the issue of misinformation in the annual Reconciliation lecture on Thursday evening in Canberra.

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