Category Archives: Jacinta Nampijinpa Price

No campaign runs opposite claims on Indigenous voice across different social media pages

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Exclusive: Advance lobby group runs multiple Facebook pages that target different demographics, including one that purports to be a neutral news source

The no campaign in the Indigenous voice referendum is running three different social media strategies, each targeting different groups of Australians with apparently contradictory messages, a Guardian Australia investigation can reveal.

The lobby group Advance, one of the lead organisations in the no camp, runs one Facebook page highlighting conservative criticism, another highlighting progressive complaints, and a third portraying itself as a neutral news source.

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Indigenous voice: no campaign’s deep links to conservative Christian politics

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The no camp employs lobbyists that specialise in conservative Christian campaigning, Guardian Australia can reveal

The lobby groups campaigning to sink the Indigenous voice to parliament referendum have deep links to a number of conservative Christian organisations and consultancies, a Guardian investigation can reveal.

The no campaign is working with companies that appear to specialise in conservative Christian campaigning, including a US-headquartered marketing and fundraising firm that aims to help Christian nonprofit ministries “fulfill their mission”. Our investigation also shows links between the no campaign and the failed conservative push to defeat the marriage equality postal survey in 2017.

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Indigenous voice no campaign using Lisa Wilkinson comments about Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to fundraise

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Coalition senator emailed supporters asking if they heard about the attack on her from the ‘woke celebrity and voice activist’

The no campaign for the Indigenous voice referendum is fundraising off the back of comments made by The Project host Lisa Wilkinson about the shadow minister for Indigenous Australians, Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, in a leaked recording of conversations with Brittany Higgins.

It comes as anti-voice organisations gear up for the referendum campaign to officially begin, with one leading conservative lobby group seeking donations to reach “millions” of homes with phone calls and direct mail.

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Lisa Wilkinson apologises to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price over leaked audio recording

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Former The Project host says the conversation was ‘out of context’ and was about the need for change within the Liberal party

Lisa Wilkinson has apologised to senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price after she made disparaging comments about the Indigenous senator in a leaked audio recording.

In the audio, the former The Project host appeared to mock the Coalition by raising questions regarding the validity of Price’s preselection to the National party and struggled to pronounce the senator’s name.

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Network Ten apologises to Jacinta Nampijinpa Price over leaked Lisa Wilkinson recording

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Audio features Wilkinson seemingly mocking the Coalition by questioning the senator’s preselection and struggling to pronounce her name

Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has been offered a private apology from Network Ten after audio was leaked of host Lisa Wilkinson making disparaging comments about the Indigenous senator.

In the leaked audio, reported by media outlets on Friday, Wilkinson appeared to mock the Coalition by raising questions regarding the validity of Price’s preselection to the National party and struggling to pronounce her name.

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