"Last week, [the AEC] was tagged in a photo of an absurd No campaign brochure which suggested the Voice would lead to financial restitution: "Genuine question @AusElectoralCom, are campaigns just allowed to lie on their material? Reparations?? Seriously!?"

But Ekin-Smyth's team could not really respond: "Our job is the process not the topic."

So, whose job is it?"

On Brexit:
"The parliament asked a salient question: Which security agency is in charge of protecting the very institutions of democracy upon which the Westminster system relies? After a protracted inquiry, the answer it produced was: "No one.""

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-17/voice-referendum-infected-disinformation-australians-lies/102981108

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The Voice campaign was infected with disinformation. Who's in charge of inoculating Australians against lies?

Of the many lessons of Saturday's referendum on the Voice to Parliament, there is one which must be more urgently addressed — our appetite for mistruths, writes Linton Besser.

ABC News