BASS Coast has joined the ranks of Victorian councils that have formally endorsed a Yes vote in next month’s referendum.
At Wednesday’s meeting, councillors debated whether the council should take a position before narrowly endorsing council support for a constitutionally enshrined First Nations Voice to Parliament.
As of August 30, just 16 of Victoria’s 79 councils had endorsed a Yes vote, including three other rural shires: Yarra Ranges, Hepburn and Surf Coast.