At the same time the federal government is threatening to pass internet anti-misinformation laws, the same government has drafted a referendum question containing one of the most egregious acts of misinformation the Australian people have ever been subjected to.

The question to be put to voters at the forthcoming Voice referendum is so misleading that a senior barrister and constitutional law expert, Stuart Wood KC, believes it might be open to challenge in the High Court.

In October, Australians will be asked the following question:

‘A Proposed Law: to alter the Constitution to recognise the First Peoples of Australia by establishing an Aboriginal...