Voters have been warned to reconsider wearing campaign T-shirts and badges when casting their ballot in the Indigenous voice referendum. A long-standing rule bans campaigning inside polling places or within 6m of an entrance. The Australian Electoral Commission said if a voter wore a pin, shirt or hat into a polling place it might not be considered campaigning. But anyone seen talking about the material or gesturing towards it could be in breach of the rules.
and truth-telling journey”. “We’re also not talking about treaty ... so I think that there are lots to look forward to and - rather than think that we’ve been defeated - see this as a victory,” the Victorian senator told ABC Radio on Thursday. A successful referendum requires a majority of ‘yes’ votes in at least four of the six states.