‘Directors for the Voice’ campaign launches with full-page ads in major mastheads
460 directors from Australian organisations have put their signatures on the ‘Directors for the Voice’ campaign, which rolls out today with full-page ads in major mastheads.
The advertisements appear in the Australian Financial Review, The Australian, a number of metropolitan mastheads, and across social media, and lists the directors who wish to publicly support the Voice, “with more continuing to join”.
Ming Long, a director of Telstra and IFM Investors, and the campaign’s co-organiser, said: “It is rare for company directors to put themselves out there, personally, with such unity.
“Many individual directors feel deeply about this issue and have wanted an avenue to express their strong support in their personal capacity. Directors participating in the campaign are a highly diverse group representing the broader Australian community.”
The signatories include Indigenous directors, and “diversity across gender, race, age, disability, sexual orientation, religion, socio-economic background, geographic location and political leanings,” according to Long.
“It is a true community coalition united in support of the Voice at a vital point in our nation’s future,” Long said.
“This is our moment in history to set our country on a more inclusive course.”
Read the full list of signatories on the advertisement, below.
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An interesting list, I consider myself quite knowledgable about Australian commerce – other than John Thwaites, most of these directors are non-descript and the list is interesting in the lack of well known corporate supporters on it. May I suggest persons should not be influenced by such blatent influence and vote as they feel. This referendum has been turned into a political infight – far from a measure of the Australian preference.
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The way we explain complicated stuff to each other is by giving examples. For example: Debbie’ s boss puts part of her pay into an account where she can’t touch it until she’s 70. The YES campaign have got 6 weeks to cut the feel good appeal and start flooding the media with practical examples of how the VOICE would work. For example: a Territory community has low school attendance. Government programs aren’t working. Community leaders understand the reason why but feel they aren’t being heard— they are a long way from Canberra. They meet with their VOICE rep, who takes their isuggestions to the Parliament. There’s going to be thousands more such examples that help explain how the hell the whole VOICE thing will work.
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Are shareholders of these companies paying for these advertisements?. And why are these directors wasting time on something so far removed from their responsibilities.
Especially as the No vote has got three states (of the 6) in the bag. Most Australians are already indicated they will vote no, so this is such a dead end.
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