Australians for Indigenous Constitutional Recognition, a group of prominent Australians co-chaired by the director of the Business Council of Australia, Danny Gilbert, and Aboriginal filmmaker Rachel Perkins; board members include Noel Pearson and Tony Nutt, former principal adviser to prime minister John Howard[1]
The mayors of 38 councils across Australia have signed the "Mayors for the Voice to Parliament" declaration[65]
Many councils have also pledged to support the Voice, including:
On 28 August 2023, the campaign called 'Directors for the Voice' was launched, which involved 460 Australian directors from organisations large and small joining together to support the Voice.[206] After the campaign launch, more directors added their names and now more than 2240 company directors have put their name to the campaign to support an Indigenous Voice to parliament.
Religious organisations and leaders
Faith-based charities Anglicare Australia, Baptist Care Australia, Catholic Social Services Australia, St Vincent de Paul Society, National Council of Australia Inc, The Salvation Army, UnitingCare Australia[207][208]
In an open letter signed by 43 climate organisations representing more than two million Australians, the climate movement has come out in support of writing 'Yes' for the Referendum, as a long-standing commitment to climate and first nations justice.[373]
Original Power
Australian Conservation Foundation
Oxfam
GetUp!
Greenpeace
Environmental Justice Australia (also listed under legal)
Conservation Council of WA
The Climate Reality Project of Australia & Pacific
Recognise a Better Way, led by Warren Mundine and including former Nationals deputy PM John Anderson, and former Keating government minister Gary Johns.[1] The campaign, launched in January 2023, was set up by a group called the Voice No Case Committee. They argue that the Voice is "the wrong way to recognise Aboriginal people or help Aboriginal Australians in need", and is "racially discriminatory". The committee included four Indigenous members: Mundine; Jacinta Nampijinpa Price (who left the group in February 2023 to join Advance[1]); founder of the Northern Territory Kings Cross Station Ian Conway; and Bob Liddle, owner of Kemara enterprises. It proposes a different plan.[470][471]
Fair Australia is a No campaign led by Jacinta Nampijinpa Price under the auspices of Advance, which emerged during the 2019 election, attacking activist group GetUp!, supporting Tony Abbott against the independent Zali Steggall (who won the seat), and campaigning against David Pocock.[1]
John Howard, 25th Prime Minister of Australia (1996–2007) and former Liberal MP for Bennelong[477]
The following former federal ministers:
John Anderson, former Deputy Prime Minister and leader of the National Party (1999–2005)[478]
Alexander Downer, former Minister for Foreign Affairs (1996–2007); Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Liberal Party (1994–1995); High Commissioner to the United Kingdom (2014–2018)[479]
Libby Mettam, Leader of the Liberal Party of Western Australia (since February 2023).[499][500] Mettam supported the Voice as of April 2023, however by August, she had walked back her support.[501][502][503]
John Pesutto, Opposition Leader of Victoria and Leader of the Liberal Party in Victoria (since 2022)[504][505][506]
Country Liberal Party (Northern Territory; affiliated with both the Liberal and National Parties; parliamentary wing only) – while the organisational wing opposes the Voice, the parliamentary wing is currently neutral.[557]
NSW Liberal Party – while former leader and former PremierDominic Perrottet supported the Voice, the current leader, Mark Speakman, endorses a Yes vote but will not actively campaign for a Yes vote and members of the NSW Liberal Party will be given a conscience vote on the issue.[558][559]
Liberal National Party of Queensland (affiliated federally with both the Liberal and National Parties) – while the LNP's leader, David Crisafulli, confirmed he would be voting against the Voice, he ruled out campaigning against it and members of the LNP are given a conscience vote on the issue.[560]
Victorian Liberal Party – decided in May 2023 to allow members to have a conscience vote on this issue.[561]John Pesutto, the leader of the party on 4 September, said he was going to vote No but would not be campaigning against it.[504]
Some state and territory branches of the National Party:
^Morris, Shireen; Freeman, Damien, eds. (2023). Uluru Statements from the Soul. Collingwood, Australia: La Trobe University Press. p. 219. ISBN9781760643997.