- cross-posted to:
- news
Oh boy, it's the same sex marriage debate all over again!
The video shows a confrontation between an Indigenous mother and daughter and an elderly white woman in the coastal Queensland town of Poona. It has accrued more than 1.5 million views across Facebook, Twitter and TikTok.
In the 48-second clip, the woman filming is heard shouting at a white woman to leave a stretch of foreshore which belongs to the Butchulla people and saying they "owned these lands to the exclusivity of all others which comes under federal native title".
"You might not like it, but guess what? Times are changing. You don't own the land, we do. Get off it, please," the woman filming is heard saying.
Ms Hanson shared the video on her official Facebook page with the caption: "This is just a taste of what is to come if Australians don't stop [Prime Minister Anthony] Albanese's race-based Voice and its Treaty".
However, the viral clip is not what it seems.
ABC Investigations can reveal the footage shared by Ms Hanson was less than half of the original length, removing context of the incident.
The original version, posted 2.5 years ago by Butchulla woman Samala Cronin and her mother and elder Gemma Cronin, showed the argument actually began when the elderly woman's husband had confronted them for filming.
You must log in or register to comment.
Imagine being paid hundreds of thousands of dollars of taxpayer money every year to just straight up lie, repeatedly, with zero consequences. The only qualification necessary is to be morally and ethically bankrupt in every way imaginable. These people are the lowest of the low.
For 30 years, no less. asiatic hordes, islamic hordes, gay hordes and back again.
Hate-mongering is big business
if anyone is stupid enough to see this and think the voice means they will get kicked off beaches by aboriginals cause albanese gave them legal right to declare ownership of any lands they want...
they are deadset lost causes.
and to think the 'no' side keeps saying voting yes is 'divisive'
That's just it though, they know it's divisive, that's the point. They don't care if they're lying they just hope their lies spread to enough people.
Indigenous issues are pretty complex imo, so writing people off who are getting confused by the flood of BS seems like a good way of losing the referendum.
I agree we need to try, in my experience there's not a lot of fence sitters on this topic. people have made it about their "tribe" again and are happy to believe obvious lies because YES won't change their lives directly so they don't care
I think Albo screwed up. He's called for a referendum on a vague agenda to win legacy votes, and it's biting back in the arse. He along with Linda Burney completely understood that the No campaign is within it's right to lie and lie on the pamphlet, and get scrutinised by critics who have an incentive for them to lose.
Hanson is just doing Hanson things. It doesn't matter if it is misleading, it doesn't matter. I can see the Yes campaign losing badly, and the proponents in their confirmation biased bubble will be left soul-searching.
I can see where you're coming from, but remember that Indigenous Australians did actually ask for the referendum and are continuing to ask for it despite recent polling. Labor may have dropped the ball with regards to their communication around the Voice, but ultimately they are listening to and honouring the request made by Indigenous Australians in the Uluru Statement from the Heart.