Tag: Warren Mundine

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…


State Commits $400 Million to Help ‘Close the Gap’ for Aboriginal Australians

The New South Wales (NSW) government has pledged $401 million (US$278 million) over four years towards “Closing the Gap” and other initiatives that try improve the lives of Aboriginal people in NSW. A part of the state budget due to be delivered on June 21, this investment reflects the need for a more inclusive approach…


Australian Big Business Estranged From Capitalism, Free Market: Kennards CEO

Two successful business leaders agree that large Australian corporations have lost touch with their free-market roots and, similar to their U.S. counterparts, have become increasingly preoccupied with progressive agendas. Sam Kennard, CEO of Kennards Storage, one of Australia’s largest self-storage businesses, says a recent admission by opposition leader Peter Dutton that big business was no…


Opposition Wants ‘Practical’ Actions Rather Than ‘Symbolism’ to Solve Indigenous Issues

Newly elected Liberal leader Peter Dutton said he wants to shift the focus from “symbolism” to practical actions to improve the living condition in vulnerable Indigenous communities. The Queensland conservative has previously come under fire on indigenous issues after he refused to support the former Labor Prime Minister Kevin Rudd’s apology to Indigenous children who…


Constitution Could Become ‘Discriminatory, Racist’ If Indigenous Voice Is Entrenched: Aboriginal Leader Warren Mundine

Changing the constitution to include the ‘Indigenous Voice’ is “dangerous” as it could risk turning the constitution into a tool for discrimination, said Australian Indigenous leader Nyunggai Warren Mundine. The push for constitutional reforms to recognise Indigenous people came after newly elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese pledged he would commit to the Uluru Statement…


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…