Lidia Thorpe says she has been excluded from contributing to official Voice to Parliament referendum pamphlet

Following the passage of the constitutional alteration bill though the Senate last month, the Australian Electoral Commission gave MPs and senators 28 days to put together written arguments for and against the proposal to be published in official yes/no case pamphlets and distributed to every household.

But Senator Thorpe, who voted against the bill in the Senate, said the Coalition were excluding her views from the pamphlet.

"The Coalition has made it clear to my office that they are the ones writing the 'no' pamphlet and that they are only interested in my contribution if it aligns with their priorities," she said in a statement.

"I've been excluded from the writing of the 'no' pamphlet as there are no processes in place to provide a fair discussion of what should be in it or to ensure that my analysis of the Voice will be shared with the Australian people."

Senator Thorpe last month shifted her position on campaigning against the proposal after earlier seeking to distance herself from the wider "no" movement, which has been dominated by conservative voices.

The Canberra Times has reached out to the Coalition for comment.

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According to the Electoral Commission, the "no" case must be authorised by the majority of parliamentarians who voted against the proposal. The same principle applies to the "yes" case.

That means the Coalition will get the final say on the contents of the pamphlet's "no" essay.

Thorpe said she will now be "putting out a statement" with information on the proposed advisory body, which she said "can be ignored by government and was not informed by self-determination".

Both the "yes" and "no" camps have to submit their written cases by the end of July 17 to be included in the pamphlet.