Disturbing moment Yes supporters call No campaigners ‘racist dogs’ and ‘w*nkers’ as rally turns ugly
- Fair Australia did not hold a meeting on Monday evening
- Yes, supporters protested the event
Protesters have branded those planning to vote No in the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum as racist dogs after staging a rally for those backing the No campaign.
More than a thousand people, many wearing ‘No’ T-shirts, packed the Adelaide Convention Center to hear leading No campaigners speak at the Fair Australia meeting on Monday evening.
But yes, supporters entered the event and confronted No campaigners as they walked into the event.
Liberal Senator Alex Antic filmed a crowd of protesters as he walked into the convention centre, with many shouting profanities at him.
“F**k you, you racist dog!” one shouted.
‘Racist pig!’ shouted another. ‘Crazy w****rs!’
Mr Antic shared a video of the shocking scenes on social media, saying: “Is this the ‘unity’ the Australian Labor Party promised us with their referendum?”
Liberal Senator Alex Antic filmed a crowd of protesters as he walked into the convention centre, with many shouting towards him
Many of the Yes supporters were also seen holding up banners with messages such as ‘no pride in genocide’ and ‘always was, always will be’.
Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO and South Australian Senator Kerrynne Liddle all spoke out against an Indigenous voice in Parliament at the event.
In an emotional speech, Senator Price broke down in tears as she spoke about her role as a “vessel” for Indigenous people, who she said had been ignored by mainstream politics and media.
“I was a vessel for the women sitting in that room, the cousin of a murdered young girl, hanging from a tree,” she said, referring to her speech at the National Press Club last week.
‘It’s the votes the media ignores, it’s the votes Labor ignores, it’s the votes the Greens ignore, it’s the voters the Teals ignore.
‘And they are the voices this bloody Voice to Parliament will ignore.’
Senator Price called the Voice referendum the ‘biggest gaslighting event our country has ever seen’ (photo: the crowd at the Adelaide Convention Center)
She received loud applause as the crowd rose to their feet and cheered furiously.
The outspoken shadow Indigenous Affairs minister called the Voice referendum the “biggest gaslighting event our nation has ever seen”.
“We are sick to death of hearing how racist we are, how horrible we are. Our own children are taught not to be proud to call themselves Australian in this country,” she said.
Senator Price argued that a vote would “constitutionally entrench” a victim mentality in the country and affect the future of Indigenous Australians.
She also said racial politics from the United States, such as the Black Lives Matter movement, were starting to filter into Australia.
“It doesn’t belong here,” she said.