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Biggest Indigenous voice referendum donors revealed

Big donors to the voice referendum 'yes' and 'no' campaigns have been revealed in electoral commission data showing the tens of millions spent wooing votes.

Tess Ikonomou

'Yes' vote campaigners spent more than $60m on the failed Indigenous voice referendum of 2023. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS)

Biggest Indigenous voice referendum donors revealed

Big donors to the voice referendum 'yes' and 'no' campaigns have been revealed in electoral commission data showing the tens of millions spent wooing votes.

Tess Ikonomou

Here's how much was donated, and spent, on the Voice referendum

Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition - the key fundraising vehicle that ran the Yes23 campaign - received more than $47 million in donations. Picture by Sitthixay Ditthavong.

Biggest donors revealed, but much remains hidden in 'dark money'.

Justine Landis-Hanley

First voice to parliament decided after votes counted

The vote counts have been completed and the 46 members of South Australia's Indigenous community have been elected to the parliamentary advisory body.

Savannah Meacham

South Australian Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Kyam Maher has celebrated the election. (Michael Errey/AAP PHOTOS)

First members of SA Voice announced as counting begins

Seven members of Indigenous communities in South Australia's far north have been elected to represent their region in the state's inaugural First Nations Voice.

Jacob Shteyman