Major Australian Corporations Splashed Millions to Support the Failed Voice

Published on April 2, 2024

Many of Australia’s top corporations were the largest donors to the Yes campaign for the Voice referendum in 2023, new data has shown. The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) has released details of the donations made and received by lobby groups and various parties involved in the Voice referendum. The Voice was a contentious initiative by the Labor federal government to embed a permanent body into the Constitution that would have had the power to advise the Parliament and government on issues affecting Indigenous people. Despite the heavy support of the government, large corporations and the media, the initiative, which was estimated to cost Australian taxpayers $450 million (US$292 million), was overwhelmingly rejected by the majority of voters with a national 60-40 percent vote....

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