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Frank
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Dear Frank,
I’m no stranger to attacks from angry men who claim to speak on behalf of Aboriginal Australians.
For a long time now I've been attacked, abused, threatened and defamed for my views by an Aboriginal elite.
While the 'Voice' campaigners say this referendum is all about “bringing people together” their actions speak otherwise.
It seems for all their empty talk of diversity, tolerance, reconciliation and equality, when an Aboriginal woman comes along with views they don’t like, it all goes out the window.
To them, it’s a free pass to use all the vile and racist insults and abuse they like, no repercussions.
I’ve been told by a supposed Wurundjeri elder that I deserve to die a slow and painful death, called an 'Oxygen Thief' by a man who is often referred to as an Aboriginal leader in Alice Springs, I've faced countless public personal attacks.
All for demanding better leadership from them regarding the violence and abuse suffered by Aboriginal women and children.
Do they still not understand why I don’t support an idea that would empower misogynistic bullies like these men and enshrine their power in our national constitution? Really?
That’s why I’ve made no secret about my opposition to Labor’s ‘Voice to Parliament’.
It’s racially divisive, it’s undemocratic, it will wield undue influence over the parliament of the day, it will do nothing for the REAL problems facing Indigenous Communities.
It will be run by people who believe it’s acceptable to use vile abuse, bullying and threats against those they disagree with.
Their comments prove what you and I already know, that just like the rest of Australia, Indigenous Australians don’t all share the same views. Despite common belief in inner-city suburbs and parliamentary buildings, Aboriginal people and cultures are not all the same.
We come from different backgrounds, cultures and families with different traditions, ideas, beliefs and attitudes.
The reason their Voice will do nothing for the REAL problems, is because the REAL problems vary between communities.
The left likes to use the Canadian term “First Nations” to describe us. Well if we are a collection of nations, they’re obviously not the same one.
Aboriginal “nations” are unique, individual, special.
No single voice could possibly speak for all of us, the same way no voice could speak for all Asians, Europeans, Africans, South Americans or North Americans.
No one understands this better than the Nationals and the Country Liberal Party.
We understand that Aboriginal Australians are unique individuals with plenty to offer beyond their skin colour or heritage.
We understand that there is plenty that connects Australians, but we’ve always celebrated the uniqueness of local communities.
We’ve honoured what makes our towns and suburbs special, while recognising the links that bind us together as a nation.
That’s why we will oppose the ‘Voice to Parliament’.
It is belittling, insulting and racist to suggest we’re all the same, we think the same way and can be represented by a single, unelected Voice in parliament.
We’ll oppose the voice because we want REAL actions and REAL solutions to the REAL problems.
Yours for REAL solutions,
Jacinta Nampijinpa Price
Senator for the Northern Territory
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Price is right!!
The idiocy of the Voice is that it treats ALL non-Aborigines as having having sufficient voice through the various democratic mechanisms and ONLY Aborigines have no voice or are excluded from these mechanisms and channels - despite the 1100 organisations and 200 programs devoted exclusively to Aborigines.
Do ALL other Australians have a voice to the exclusion of Aborigines?? It's a preposterous lie, the need for a race based Aboriginal voice.
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