Dirty tactics and accusations of racism: after months of increasingly strident argument, this might have been the week that debate about the Voice referendum officially got nasty. 

On Tuesday, our reporter Paul Sakkal published a story about the deceptive tactics of the No campaign - Its volunteers are instructed to ring voters and sow misinformation, by telling them the Voice might be used to push for financial reparations. 

Then it was reported that Indigenous leader Marcia Langton told a forum in WA that the arguments of the No case were grounded in “base racism” or “sheer stupidity” - comments she later said were misreported.

Today federal politics reporter Paul Sakkal and chief political correspondent David Crowe join Jacqueline Maley to discuss the week in politics.

Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here.

Dirty tactics and accusations of racism: after months of increasingly strident argument, this might have been the week that debate about the Voice referendum officially got nasty. 
On Tuesday, our reporter Paul Sakkal published a story about the deceptive tactics of the No campaign - Its volunteers are instructed to ring voters and sow misinformation, by telling them the Voice might be used to push for financial reparations. 
Then it was reported that Indigenous leader Marcia Langton told a forum in WA that the arguments of the No case were grounded in “base racism” or “sheer stupidity” - comments she later said were misreported.
Today federal politics reporter Paul Sakkal and chief political correspondent David Crowe join Jacqueline Maley to discuss the week in politics.
Cut through the noise of federal politics with news, views and expert analysis. <a href="https://www.smh.com.au/link/follow-20170101-p5apym">Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here</a>.

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