Tony Abbott launches devastating attack on Indigenous voice in parliament: ‘We are a country with no privilege of origin’

The words of Bob Hawke and Martin Luther King were invoked in an impassioned speech against the referendum on the Indigenous vote in parliament.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott gave a speech at an Institute of Public Affairs event in Perth on Wednesday evening, where he reasoned why he would vote no.

During the speech, which received a standing ovation, Mr Abbott said he is fed up with the victimization that has entrenched itself in Australia.

“The past is not perfect, but it is our responsibility to make the present and the future the best we can,” he told the audience.

Mr Abbott also echoed the words of liberal legend John Howard who said that although Australia had been colonised, it could have ended worse.

Mr Abbott said that by voting yes, Australians would forever enshrine a sense of victimization in the constitution

With those before him as fuel, Mr. Abbott opened the speech with a sense of familiarity to those in attendance.

‘Referring to… the wonderful words of Bob Hawke on Australia Day in 1988, ‘we are a country with no hierarchy of origin. We are a country with no privilege of origin’.’ said Mr. Abbott.

I quote the immortal words of Martin Luther King of an earlier generation: “I want to live in a country where my four children are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character.”

“My absolute wish is that we can continue as one equal people and that is why I will vote against. Because I absolutely reject any suggestion that there is anything fundamentally wrong with this great country, Australia.’

If the Yes campaign for The Voice were successful, it would “enshrine victimhood forever in our Constitution,” Abbott said.

“The past isn’t perfect, but it’s our responsibility to make the present and the future the best we can,” he said.

“This generation of migrants and the descendants of migrants are not oppressors. This generation of Indigenous people is not a victim.’

Despite these imperfections and previous failed attempts at reconciliation that “didn’t always work out,” the former prime minister said Australia was still doing better than other colonized countries.

Specifically, Mr. Abbott cast shadow over countries like Argentina, Brazil and Congo, which were invaded by the Spanish, Portuguese and Belgians respectively.

Voting no was also a chance to counter “some of the crazy things that have happened in our country,” Abbott continued.

“I will vote no to a few things,” he said.

“I’ll vote no to the vote, sure, but I’ll vote no to the climate sect, I’ll vote no to the virus hysteria, I’ll vote no to the gender fluidity crisis, I’ll vote no to the ‘Magic Pudding’ economy.” ‘

The phrase ‘Magic Pudding’ economics refers to the 1918 Australian children’s book of the same name, in which a pudding is magically replenished after it has been eaten.

Mr Abbott used the words of MLK (pictured): ‘I want to live in a country where my four children are not judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character’

He also used the words of Labor legend Bob Hawkes (pictured) to justify his case: ‘We are a country with no lineage hierarchy. We are a country without privilege of origin’

Mr Abbot concluded his list of reasons for voting no by going back to his point about self-loathing and why it shouldn’t be enshrined as a way of life.

“And I will vote no to this crazy cultural self-loathing that is plaguing this country, along with so many other countries of the English-speaking world, who should know better,” he said.

This speech in Perth came days after Western Australian Prime Minister Roger Cook announced that the state would scrap its Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act.

The law was in effect for a little over a month before the furor it caused among farmers led to its demise.

Landowners resented the additional layers of bureaucracy it had created, requiring permits from local Indigenous gangs to farm near culturally significant sites.

Mr Cook apologized for the stress and confusion caused by the state when announcing that they would be moving away from the law.

“It was created based on the best legal advice and after detailed discussion and analysis of many options,” he said.

Simply put, the laws went too far. They were too prescriptive, too complicated and placed an unnecessary burden on ordinary Western Australian property owners.’

Mr Abbott complained during his speech that the Voice as the Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act would be ‘on steroids’.

“When you read the lengthy documents that make up and behind the one-page Uluru statement, they are imbued with a sense of anger, resentment, entitlement and sovereignty,” he said.

“The essential thesis of the people who drafted the Uluru Declaration and push so hard for this vote is that what happened in 1788 and thereafter was fundamentally illegal, unfair and unjust, and must be reconciled as far as humanly possible . and vice-versa.’

The speech came days after WA Prime Minister Roger Cook (pictured) scrapped the state’s Aboriginal Cultural Heritage Act, which Mr Abbott claimed The Voice would emulate but ‘on steroids’