The prime minister has shot down calls for taxpayer funds to be used to bankroll “yes” and “no” campaigns for the Indigenous Voice referendum.
As Opposition Leader Peter Dutton seeks input into the way the referendum will operate, Anthony Albanese said public funds should be off-limits for the campaigns.
“Taxpayers shouldn’t be funding the campaigns of ‘yes’ and ‘no’,” Albanese said in Canberra on Thursday.
Dutton has called for public funds to be used for administrative purposes for both sides.
“You’re not talking $100 million each for advertising campaigns or anything crazy like that, and there will be a lot of corporate sponsorship, particularly for the ‘yes’ case that comes in from companies,” he told Sydney radio station 2GB….