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"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.
The public tactics of the no campaign are heavily influenced by conservative US
politics, social media experts say.
“Importing US approaches into Australia [during election campaigns] has rarely
worked … but a referendum is very different,” said Axel Bruns, a professor in
Queensland University of Technology’s digital media research centre. “The
choice is more similar to US voting. You can run these polarising, polarised
campaigns that are about two stark choices.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
