Brainwashing the Punters on the Voice By James Reed
I was expecting the Yes side of the Voice to begin working on the ordinary people by getting them where they are most vulnerable, love of football. Fortunately, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians and leading figure of the “No” campaign for the voice to parliament Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, has slammed using sport as a … well …a political football! “It’s not for them to promote something in this capacity. To me, it’s like a huge virtue signalling exercise; it’s a big tick in the box of their reconciliation action plan because it’s been suggested by the government this is the only way forward. But sports should stay the hell out of politics.”
She said, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions.”
That would be a good motto for the No campaign.
“Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians and face of the 'no' campaign for the voice to parliament Jacinta Nampijinpa Price says sporting codes should “stay the hell out of politics”.
“I seriously think that sporting codes should absolutely stay out of politics, especially when they aren’t across the detail (of the voice), they don’t know what the circumstances are for a lot of Aboriginal people on the ground,” she told 2GB this morning.
“It’s not for them to promote something in this capacity. To me, it’s like a huge virtue signalling exercise; it’s a big tick in the box of their reconciliation action plan because it’s been suggested by the government this is the only way forward. But sports should stay the hell out of politics.”
She said, “the road to hell is paved with good intentions”.
“That’s the problem with this ‘yes’ campaign. There’s a lot of good will out there from Australians, and they’re saying, ‘we’ve got to do something’, without really understanding what the needs are on the ground, what’s going on in remote communities, and upending democracy as we know it as we know it, I would suggest is not the answer going forward.”
When asked about comments from the ‘yes’ camp that if Australia says ‘no’ to the voice, we will never have a 'welcome to country' again, she said she doesn’t want a welcome to country anyway.
“Why should we be welcome to our own country? … To suggest you should be welcomed to your own country all the time. I think Australians are getting sick of that. I’m sick of being welcomed in my own country. It plays no more relevance to me. I’d rather get on with the real job of overcoming some of our most pressing issues," she said.”
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