Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe has slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for using Shaquille O'Neal to promote the Indigenous Voice to Parliament saying it is an 'insult to blackfellas'.
alongside Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney and O’Neal on SaturdayThe Victorian Senator hit out at Mr Albanese over the media appearance saying the referendum had “nothing” to do with O’Neal.
Greens Senator Lidia Thorpe lashed out at the Government for using Shaquille O'Neal to promote the Voice to Parliament. Picture: Darrian Traynor/Getty Images “We have bigger issues in this country that we’d like Shaq to understand and know about rather than think a conversation with the Labor Party is going to put him in good stead to win fans or win votes it’s an insult,” she said.
O’Neal was also referenced due to his work in the United States on social justice and raising awareness for marginalised communities. “That should be the priority here not a voice which is to provide, what I understand, as advice to the parliament which the parliament can decide whether they take that advice or not.”
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