The words about the Voice to Parliament that have come back to haunt Peter FitzSimons

A social media post from Peter FitzSimons praising Kamahl’s support for the Voice to Parliament came back to haunt him after the entertainer once again dramatically changed his position.

FitzSimons shared a message from constitutional attorney Eddie Synot in which Kamahl initially confirmed Kamahl’s support for Voice on X, formerly Twitter.

The Malaysian-born Australian singer stands next to Mr Synot and comedian Dane Simpson after their discussion about the referendum that resulted in Kamahl’s switch to a yes vote.

‘Maybe the wind has changed on the referendum?’ FitzSimons wrote on Friday.

“Kamahl freaks out, and the MCG crowd ignoring Sam Newman to respectfully listen to Welcome to Country feels like a shift towards #YES2023.”

The journalist and author wrote that there was “a shift toward #YES2023” when he shared a post affirming Kamahl’s support for attorney Eddie Synot’s The Voice.

But the “shift” was short-lived for the author and journalist when Kamahl revealed during an interview with The Project just two days later that he had changed his position back to “No.”

“If you do the Voice this way, it becomes a racist issue. You’re setting an entire race of people apart from the rest of the country,” the 88-year-old said confusedly on current affairs program Network Ten.

‘My apologies, call me hypocritical or ignorant, but I am now informed. Whatever I have said before, wipe it away, but start again and forgive me.”

Kamahl then began arguing with presenters Hamish Macdonald and Rachel Corbett after the singer began quoting a $40 billion figure he believed had been paid by the government to the indigenous community, which the journalist “fact-checked.”

“I feel like we should probably verify the $40 billion figure because you’ve used it a few times and I know a lot of people are listening to you,” Macdonald said.

“I think Tony Abbott claimed a few years ago that the National Indigenous Australians Agency was spending $30 billion a year.

“That has been fact-checked as untrue. The government agency says it has never allocated $30 billion a year to Indigenous programs; the total budget for 2022-2023 was $4.5 billion.”

After some more back and forth between the two, Kamahl admitted that he made “a mistake” with the figure, but still chose to vote “No.”

But Kamahl (pictured) changed his position back to ‘No’ just two days later during an interview on Network Ten’s The Project.

His initial change of heart led Albanese to say he was confident ‘Kamahl-mentum’ would gather steam ahead of the referendum.

“Kamahl-mentum, that’s something new that has emerged today,” he said on Saturday as he campaigned at West Ryde shopping center in Sydney’s northwest.

‘Something that really warms my heart is Kamahl’s decision, a very courageous decision.

“He’s someone who came out and said no and left, talked to people, read what it was about, read the question and decided he was going to come out and express his support for Yes, and say why would anyone oppose this?’

In his post about Kamahl to

FitzSimons also cited comments from former AFL player and media personality Sam Newman (pictured), who decried Welcome to Country practices on his podcast last week

The Geelong Cats star suggested his listeners start with a ‘cheer’ or ‘slow hand clap’ when a Welcome to Country is given at a public or sporting event.

But his calls appeared to go unanswered as some 36,000 football fans ignored the plea in an inspiring show of solidarity before Brisbane defeated Carlton at the Gabba, in Brisbane, on Saturday evening.

Instead, fans listened quietly to the Acknowledgment of Country, politely clapped hands with Yuggera, Nunukul, Turrbul and Yugambeh man Shannon Ruska and cheered after he delivered a short but powerful welcome ceremony.

He ended by encouraging the crown to sing ‘Aussie Aussie Aussie oi oi oi’.

The same happened the night before during the first preliminary final between Collingwood and Greater Western Sydney, where not a single boos was heard from the crowd of over 90,000.

It comes as the latest poll for the Voice to Parliament shows just over a third of Australians – 36 percent – ​​will vote ‘yes’.

The latest Newspoll shows support for ‘Yes’ at 36 percent, down 2 points in three weeks, while ‘No’ has risen to 56 percent, up 3 points from the previous poll, marking the lowest support and marks the highest level of opposition to date (pictured, Anthony Albanese speaking at a Yes rally)

The results were revealed in the latest Newspoll survey, which collected responses from 1,239 voters.

The decline in support for The Voice marks a two-point drop in the past three weeks.

Opposition to the historic referendum has risen slightly to 56 percent in less than three weeks until election day.

Support among women has fallen from 41 percent to 36 percent, but the share of those who say they would vote no has risen nine points to 57 percent.

Meanwhile, support for The Voice among men has risen by three percentage points to 36 percent, while among men with a university education there has also been an increase to 54 percent.

However, the biggest concern for the Yes campaign will be the decline in support among the 18 to 34 age group, which is the strongest base of support for The Voice.

Support among this demographic group has fallen five points to 50 percent – ​​down from 70 percent at the start of the year – while those who support No have risen four points to 41 percent.