Weekly Update

Supporters of the Yes23 campaign are blaming the referendum result on the "uneducated". This is very similar to the rhetoric from remoaners immediately after the Brexit referendum, right before they proceeded to try to overturn the result. Many Brexiteers thought that once they'd won the referendum, that was it. They could wash their hands and walk away. It was done. In reality, it was just the beginning of the fight.

https://www.news.com.au/entertainment/tv/current-affairs/the-projects-waleed-aly-explains-why-the-voice-bombed/news-story/3463117c30b1ecc8611f763e010b435b

Some observers from Britain share my suspicion the push for a Voice in some form is not over.

https://youtu.be/eZyDSKkaj60?si=V1RK3yhXpEKO317U

Our politicians knew the Voice proposal would fail, yet they went ahead with it anyway. You have to consider the possibility that they wanted it to fail. And if so, you have to ask yourself why. Perhaps to bring in misinformation laws.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/oct/18/almost-nine-in-ten-australians-support-plan-to-outlaw-lies-in-political-advertising-poll-shows