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The heavy hitters behind Australia’s biggest conservative lobby group

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Australia’s richest businesspeople have become major backers of conservative lobby group Advance Australia, which helped lead the “no” campaign at the Indigenous Voice to parliament referendum.

Trevor St Baker’s St Baker Enterprises donated $50,000 to the group, updated Australian Electoral Commission disclosures show from the 2022-23 financial year.

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Primrose Riordan covers private companies and family offices from the AFR's Sydney newsroom. Primrose was previously a correspondent for the Financial Times and covered foreign affairs and politics in Canberra. Primrose has won multiple awards for her journalism including from The National Press Club, SABEW in the US and Press Gazette in the UK. Message Primrose on Signal: https://tinyurl.com/PrimroseSignal Connect with Primrose on Facebook and Twitter. Email Primrose at primrose.riordan@afr.com
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