Leading No campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has labelled the Uluru Statement from the Heart, 'a symbolic declaration of war' at the National Press Club today.
abc.net.au/news/nyunggai-warren-mundine-at-the-press-club/102900580Leading No campaigner Nyunggai Warren Mundine has labelled the Uluru Statement from the Heart, "a symbolic declaration of war" at the National Press Club today.
"The canvas is a glossy marketing brochure for the misappropriation of culture, a misrepresentation of history and for a radical and divisive vision of Australia — all done in the name of Indigenous Australians but working against us." He said Aboriginal people "have a choice: to continue to feel aggrieved — to be trapped in the past, or to draw a line in history and move on".
"It's wrong to tell them, as I've heard many times during this campaign, they are more likely to go to prison than to university. Because it's just not true."that Indigenous men are more likely to go to jail than to university.
Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Live: Leading No campaigner Warren Mundine address the National Press ClubWarren Mundine's address comes less than three weeks out from Australia's referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Follow live.
Read more »
Live: Leading No campaigner Warren Mundine addresses the National Press ClubWarren Mundine's address comes less than three weeks out from Australia's referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Follow live.
Read more »
Uluru statement a ‘symbolic declaration of war’, says Warren MundineNyunggai Warren Mundine’s incendiary speech to the National Press Club claims the Yes campaign is built on lies.
Read more »
WATCH LIVE: Warren Mundine speaks at the National Press ClubWarren Mundine will decry the Voice as 'a centralised overlord' that will deliver more of the same outcomes for Indigenous Australians with 'more layers of bureaucracy'.
Read more »
Live: No campaigner Warren Mundine urges Australia to reject Voice at National Press ClubWarren Mundine's address comes less than three weeks out from Australia's referendum on the Indigenous Voice to Parliament. Follow live.
Read more »
Voice referendum ‘most important in Australia’s history’: Warren MundineLeading ‘No’ campaigner Warren Mundine says the upcoming Indigenous Voice to Parliament referendum is one of the “most important” in Australia’s history. Mr Mundine said it would be a choice between Australia being a liberal democracy where “all are equal” and “united”, or a nation where people are “divided” by race. “The second pathway is the agenda of the Uluru Statement authors,” he said during a National Press Club conference on Tuesday. Mr Mundine said the referendum also presents “choices” for Indigenous Australians. “Do we want our traditional nations, our mobs, made into one harmonious group or do we want to be segregated again as a race of people in the Constitution?”
Read more »