Tag: Jacinta Price

Simplicity of Question ‘Fundamental’ in Referendum for Indigenous Voice to Australian Parliament

Australian Indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney has stressed the importance of simplicity in terms of the question that Australians will face in a referendum on whether an indigenous voice to parliament should be enshrined in the constitution. Speaking to the Australian Broadcasting Commission on Monday, Burney said that as prime Prime Minister Anthony Albanese had…


Virtue Signaling Won’t Solve Problems Faced by Indigenous Community: NT Senator

An Indigenous senator has called for an end to the “pointless virtue signaling” that she says does nothing to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians. In her maiden speech on July 28, newly-elected Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price of the Country Liberal Party described Labor’s vow to enshrine a Voice to Parliament as a “virtuous…


Push to Fly Aboriginal Flag on Sydney’s Harbour Bridge a ‘Distraction’ From Real Issues: Indigenous Senator

An outspoken Indigenous senator has described the recent move to fly the Aboriginal flag permanently on Sydney Harbour Bridge as virtue signalling that distracts from real issues Indigenous Australians face. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet initially proposed in June to invest $25 million in putting an additional pole atop the bridge but later decided to replace…


Left-Wing Australian Greens Leader Removes Australian Flag Out of TV Sight

Leader of the left-wing Greens Adam Bandt has been criticised for “virtue-signalling” after he pushed the Australian flag out of the TV camera shot in his press conference. On Monday afternoon, before Bandt and Deputy Greens leader Mehreen Faruqi arrived at the Commonwealth Parliamentary Offices in the Sydney CBD, a member of the Greens pushed…


The Indigenous Voice to Parliament Has the Potential to Be Divisive

Commentary Voice. Treaty. Truth. These are the words used to describe the Australian Labor Party’s (ALP) main policy for Indigenous Australians. Now that the ALP has claimed power in Canberra after nine years in opposition, it is time to consider what these words mean genuinely. The Labor party policy platform notes a constitutionally enshrined Voice…


Labor’s Promised Action on Uluru Statement Distracts From Real Issues: Liberal MP

The Labor government’s election pledge to put the Indigenous Voice in the constitution could divert attention away from the real problems that the Aboriginal community in remote areas is dealing with, says an Australian Liberal senator of Indigenous background. It comes after newly elected prime minister Anthony Albanese promised he would implement the Uluru Statement…


Labor’s Promised Action on Uluru Statement Distracts From Real Issues: Indigenous MP

The Labor government’s election pledge to put the Indigenous Voice in the constitution could divert attention away from the real problems that the Aboriginal community in remote areas is dealing with, says an Australian Liberal senator of Indigenous background. It comes after newly elected prime minister Anthony Albanese promised he would implement the Uluru Statement…


Non-Gendered Language Guidelines for Schools Reversed by Australia’s NT Government

Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) government has reversed its decision to introduce gender-neutral language at schools after being criticised for “attempting to apply Marxist ideology” into the education system. According to draft guidelines on diverse sex, sexuality, and gender identity pushed by the NT Education Department, teachers could be banned from calling students “boys and girls”…


Australia’s NT Government Reverses Non-Gendered Language Guidelines for Schools

Australia’s Northern Territory (NT) government has reversed its decision to introduce gender-neutral language at schools after being criticized for “attempting to apply Marxist ideology” into the education system. According to draft guidelines on diverse sex, sexuality, and gender identity pushed by the NT Education Department, teachers could have been banned from calling students “boys and…


‘Silenced in the Name of Wokeness’: Growing Support for Embattled Liberal Candidate Katherine Deves

Liberal candidate Katherine Deves, who has faced backlash in the past two weeks for her vocal advocacy against the transgender ideology, has garnered endorsements from some Liberal parliamentarians. It comes after NSW Treasurer MP Matt Kean and Independent MP Zali Steggall, the latter being Deves’ rival for the seat of Warringah, called for Prime Minister…