Andrew Bolt looks at the ‘truth’ behind Lidia Thorpe’s Aboriginal claims

[@Simon-nv5zj]

how this woman is even in office is beyond me. the sooner we get rid of her the better...

[@Steve_jones113]

Brown privilege.

[@MrCav74]

It was a gift from the stupid greens, got in on a technicality, and then pooed in their face when they could no longer hold the leash.

[@Whylivere]

Sniper’s anyone???

[@wolfgangwoldt1941]

I believe she stated she would not run as an Independent. She knows there's no way she'll get elected without a leg up by the Greens.

[@Whylivere]

@@wolfgangwoldt1941 you know if the greens kick someone out theyve got serious issues

[@300blkops6]

Fancy a member of parliament asking to share in Western inheritance! Completely oblivious of the fact she has her position at that podium as a direct result of being Australian & inheriting the rights of her forebears. Hypocrisy, ignorance & duplicitousness are her virtues

[@stormbringerseven8288]

Add racist to that list.

[@brianmorris8045]

She has the privilege of being a member of parliament, and on a good wage only 'white' and 'black' folks can ever dream of.

[@Tyronepeader]

Just like News Corp it seems. 😮😊

[@stevelozevski8151]

​@@Tyronepeaderliking it's own comments. What a fool🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@iandaniel2153]

She clearly demonstrates all the attributes of a malignant narcissist.

[@17_73]

As a Aboriginal man (Wiradjuri) I feel sorry for Lydia she doesn't know much about the history of her mobs or the culture of those mobs she doesn't know that war for land was a common practise. Lydia seems to be oblivious to the decades of corruption within Aboriginal orginisations she doesn't understand that the negatives that impact Aboriginal people is the cash cow for so called leaders and organisations. In fact she appears to know very little accept to repeat the diatribe of others she should get out of politics she does more harm than good.

[@Factchekka]

It's a pity more Aboriginal people like yourself are not heard or are ridiculed when they try to educate others. It's disgusting that public figures like Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine receive such horrible treatment from other Aboriginal figure-heads because they won't conform to the expected victim mentality we see all the time.

[@joywilliams8444]

I know jow much the mines already pay to them. Millions and millions. My husband had to work on the mines to get money itcwas never just handed to him Thorpe more ridiculous everytime I hear her

[@foxycat8751]

@@HWW147The land councils are thugs and they should be in bf investigated.

[@joywilliams8444]

I will vote no however being Australian not being aboriginal I believe we are all aussie and bit is a shame as my daughter said that the aboriginal culture is not taught in our schools. I also wonder why the schools take kids on excursions and never take them bush with aboriginal guides to teach them what they can't eat and how to live rough in the bush. After I think one day we will need the know how. Why isn't this culture being taught to our kids instead of every other culture that comes here.

[@davidedwards8669]

Yunupingu heard about him in recent times low-life scum mutt Albanese up there praising him when he died saying what a great man he was great leader. Isn't it true he was ripping all you people off from day one pocketing millions and millions from the mining companies mansions everywhere helicopters Range Rovers fleet of cars 4 wives living the life keeping all your Lot living like shit. Apparently he left a lot of his own family in poverty

[@justinmountney2153]

Good on you. Well said my friend!

[@Swishy001]

How can this woman seriously be a senator? It’s embarrassing

[@gregoryellsmore2095]

Blame the bigots who voted for this horrible creature.

[@colleen2671]

Nearly everyone in Australias Govt are dual-citizens!

[@njd2342]

Because people voted for the Green Party.

[@piffiiiiiiit]

If a white pollie said half the things she said, they'd be fired immediately. Not to mention the bikie boyfriend...

[@morisesaba1061]

how?.....because there are real Australians and Indigenous people that back Lidia

[@thelastsausage635]

Because there are no written records she can say any thing happened, but examination of 3500 sets of bones ( before that was disallowed ) showed the majority of them had over their short lives received terrible head injuries, three times more on women’s sculls than men’s and the average age of Aboriginal peoples before colonialism was about 30years Initiation rites in some areas involve elders sleeping with 13 year old girls and younger as their initiation into womanhood- Lydia Thorpe could do with a history lesson or two

[@pamnuman1619]

She never mentioned the 14 billion dollars they get to sort themselves out let alone royalties from mining. She doesn't talk about the cannibal mobs in north Queensland that preferred white people flesh. She has no idea. History can`t be changed because its history.

[@peteormond2828]

And despite Australians spending 30 + billion dollars per year (60,000 dollars per aboriginal) on aboriginal programs and aboriginals receiving hundreds of millions in royalties per year and on top of all that - the majority receiving welfare, and getting a FULL FREE ride with education right through tertiary/university, paid to go to school, free taxis to school, no wating for elective surgeries - Australians who pay for all that & don't receive ANY of the same FREE ride - are accused of being priveleged ?

[@hillstrong715]

@@peteormond2828 Be careful colouring all Aboriginal people with the same paintbrush. I know of many who by dint of hard work have made a great contribution to Australian society, in spite of and in the face of prejudice from their own people. As a white indigenous Australian, I have great admiration for these Aboriginal people.

[@pwillis1589]

Can you please cite the data source for your claims. Thankyou.

[@pwillis1589]

@@peteormond2828 Can you cite the data source for you claim. Thankyou

[@patricksobb]

It’s both ironic and a true sign of her ignorance .She speaks of ‘your’ privilege when she is paid 200k+ to do a publicly elected service role poorly, while most Australians black, white or other are struggling to keep a roof over their heads.

[@ozzyace71]

She is one sick individual!

[@Whylivere]

@@ozzyace71if she was a far right politician she would have been ejected yrs ago like fraser anning😅

[@leaffyTrees]

The scary thing is many ignorant people will believe this rubbish. The children were taken to keep them alive.

[@ripdoff8549]

wonder how she'd feel about paying us reparations for our 20,000+ years of technology. or would she like to go back to the stone age like her ppl were in 200 years ago?

[@vfury9686]

Hahahahha she talks about privledge, she's being paid over $200k per year from the tax payers that she despises.absolute mole.

[@garrysecuramot]

This woman is just a reflection on the intelligence of the people who voted her in.

[@peternicholson1700]

She was voted in as a Greens senator.

[@johnturnbull7176]

AND THE COUNTRY THAT ALLOWS HER TO STAY TO STAY IN,

[@jemzargo]

Thorpe is not a historian and yet she's allowed to lecture us about our history.

[@fionaforward3358]

I wonder how far she went at school?She certainly never went to uni yet she earns this big salary and gets a lifetime generous pension.

[@oldman2800]

Why did anyone actually attend her clownfest

[@lyricallyunwaxable1234]

​@@fionaforward3358If she wants her culture back then she needs to give back all the western creature comforts and go back to the bush. Sick of these people driving wedges between us, yeah it's hard but move on, it's the 2000s

[@lydia3098]

Her version of truth telling

[@interestedparty00]

Aboriginals should have prevented mass immigration if they had been capable. Mass immigration ruined their way of life - as mass immigration does.

[@pegsmith8401]

She needs to be involved in truth telling, she certainly can tell a tall story...although not based on fact. She does have white heritage - amazing how she has forgotten that.

[@petercunningham-fl4mf]

No money in. Race grifting is more profitable.

[@ZELJKO472]

Stan Grant figured out much $$$ to be made on 'race'

[@ssuwandi3240]

Racial equity tends to be politicized by a strong character of chancer and leeches.. not even her heritage ffs

[@Whylivere]

@@ZELJKO472 hes the biggest flog ever

[@oooadhd2588]

10% Koori at the absolute most

[@mavphill]

She has bought the victim identity hook, line and sinker. Personal responsiiity is not in her vocabulary. she should resign.

[@reggveg]

It looks like she took the course in victimhood from the Democrat Party in America.

[@gustaaf1892]

She hasn't necessarily bought it, but she is definitely trading on it. This type of rhetoric keeps the Aborigines industry going and they all know it.

[@WayneP-ns9hd]

Thank you Andrew Bolt for putting into words how the silent majority feel but are to frightened to say for fear of being labeled racist.

[@ohasis8331]

Lydia is a strong proponent of the "never let the truth get in the way of a good story" adage.

[@george2009town]

She has a lot of mates, she’s in the right job

[@hanswellington182]

She is just a common Bikie sl.....@@george2009town

[@drnopatience9852]

🎯

[@samtcgan068]

Maybe her Mentor is The White Man Story Teller and Author🤥🤥 of Black Emu?🤔🙄

[@simongross3122]

But it's not even a good story

[@fionaforward3358]

Those people in the audience clapping should be ashamed of themselves.I would have walked out.She should not get away with such terrible lies.

[@echelon2k8]

The country is full of virtue signallers these days. It's the only reason something like the divisive voice could ever get through.

[@nosferatut9084]

@@echelon2k8 The only way it will get up is if the voting process is corrupt which means it might even if it's tanking in the polls.

[@K-bq3lv]

The clappers are full of wokeism and Marxist tolerance for extreme minorities.

[@felicitylochart-b9y]

you wouldn't have been invited.

[@kirkc4696]

Thorpe is so misguided it is becoming laughable!

[@stuartturner6617]

She's a comedian

[@resurrectingand]

What a pathological liar

[@hillstrong715]

Don't think of her as being misguided but as one who is misguiding. If you listen carefully, she is simply a demagogue (a political leader who seeks support by appealing to the desires and prejudices of ordinary people rather than by using rational argument). In this political climate, demagogues have found a ready market for their ideas, which have no rationality behind them.

[@rodaust1069]

What do you mean becoming? it has been delusionally laughable for a long time.

[@Whylivere]

How shes taken seriously is laughable

[@mazilys]

Facts obviously elude her

[@aceroberts6020]

Biggest reason people will vote No is because of people like this woman.

[@B3arAbl3]

So, while I respect folks expressin' their views, let's make sure we're lookin' at the whole barn before we go believin' every word. Y'all take care now! 🤠 #StaySkeptical #CommonSense

[@AwakenedAvocado]

Speak for yourself im voting Lidia for prime minister

[@richardgrant418]

Who else is anything like Lydia?

[@AwakenedAvocado]

@@richardgrant418 would you marry lidia

[@richardgrant418]

@@AwakenedAvocado Irrelevant

[@ericrochester8835]

She really needs to spend a week in a remote community.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Just drop her off twenty kilometers from town with just the clothes she wears (we don't want to scare the animals) and see how she does without the benefits of "colonization".

[@scott_itall8638]

Kintor, Popunya, maybe Yuendumu? Lol

[@SteveJager]

She really needs to spend a month in an asylum for assessment!

[@57fat]

You left out Wadeye, Ngukurr and Hermansburg

[@ericrochester8835]

She should leave her car at home. Stolen, rocked? We'll let the kids decide.

[@BrianBellia]

Her surname is Thorpe. That's an English name. If what she says here is true, then *her* ancestors did this, too! And she has no right to point fingers at anyone!

[@Neil-Aspinall]

Good point Bri.

[@BrianBellia]

@@Neil-Aspinall Thank you! 👍

[@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i]

How many % of ancestry does one need to be declared an aborigine in Australia? From the looks of her, I cannot see any trace of any "aborigine" in her. She even looks like a red head.

[@angelau1194]

My thoughts too. "My people" what about the white side of "her" people, don't they exist too? BTW this land wasn't the only land to be invaded, just take a look at Britain and Europe Lidia.

[@kathrynletchford5114]

Exactly

[@bitegeere]

She was voted into Parliament by the people. This means that what she said represents millions without that platform. If not true, let the ones who voted for her vote her out. Unless you tell the World that the Australian Parliament works for the King and his white fellows, not the people these senators represent.

[@tg5834]

She almost got a standing ovation, after spewing lies and hatred for an hour at the Press Club today. Very worrying times indeed.

[@atrismith7487]

that shows how utterly dub todays Press are . Alarming

[@lwf3723]

Exactly, how pathetic! No wonder lots of people have lost faith in the MSM!!

[@nosferatut9084]

They're called Presstitutes for a reason.

[@tootellustraight]

All the social justice climate cult corporate bully transgender people listening are to gutless and follow fashion and won’t dare speak up to The Lydiot fruit cake

[@njd2342]

Hate speech can be very popular.

[@messianicmuse]

Bravo Andrew. My grandfather identified as "aboriginal" and this was recognized by the Department of Fisheries. My uncle married a tribal leader's daughter. In my grandfather's day, they embraced their heritage and appreciated the all government assistance, although my grandfather worked hard until his death. He loved ALL Australians and never saw any divide between us. I cannot identify with my heritage with this disgraceful rebellion of historical revisionism.

[@piratepete4322]

Well said.

[@jamescassel6959]

Great words Peter Mathews,I hope many people view your comment.We need people like you to share the other side of this story.

[@sayithowitis7777]

WELL SAID

[@joywilliams8444]

Respect to your grandfather 👍🌹

[@geoffreytoomey682]

I'm a 7th-generation indigenous Australian. The Aboriginal activists whinge about colonialism? But nothing was here when Cook arrived. Not one Aboriginal has ever thanked us for the money or opportunities they get, I don't trust the “Vice committee thingy” I worry that the Globalists are all for it? Is this part of their GREAT RESET? Will another Aboriginal Committee help address the dire living standards of women in remote Aboriginal communities, where alcohol abuse and poverty are rife. The Activists and Labor Government and the LNP don't give us facts to decide on? So it's NO from me

[@powerbreed]

I have a friend that’s an OT in a North Queensland Aboriginal community, works with children. The violence these kids are exposed to is disgusting.

[@joywilliams8444]

So it's time we minded our own bussiness and let them go. What then will we be accused of

[@garybalranald6323]

It's all over Australia in remote indigenous communities. Violence and sexual assault, particularly against children is rife. It's the most crazy poverty you've ever seen. And it's hard to do anything about it.

[@joywilliams8444]

From their own community.

[@joywilliams8444]

@@garybalranald6323 it's not actually move them with their mother's away from the violence if it's not the mother creating the violence

[@garybalranald6323]

@@joywilliams8444 That doesn't make sense. Probably some mobile phone auto-correct. I don't know what the solution is, but it's touchy. Either way, officials get accused of being racist. They only way I can see to reduce it is education. Incentivise parents to keep their kids in school. It's a long play, but it has to be done.

[@craglydunkweed]

The words Andrew Bolt and 'Truth' are words I would never put together. Knuckledragger!

[@dstan374]

Good on you Andrew for having the guts to call this demagogue out on her BS, not many have your courage to do so publicly

[@richardgrant418]

Bolt has been a demagogue commentator for over a decade

[@mantiskf2003]

such a brave man lol

[@robyntwaddle1361]

Yes, well done Andrew for calling out this person and the lies she tells....

[@123uzuz]

She has done more damage to indigenous people than many.

[@victorgomes7585]

Spot on

[@stevep3692]

She is a thorn in the side of the yes campaign

[@cryptocollies222]

agreed

[@bryanp4827]

Yeah, and she isn't even indigenous!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@bryanp4827]

​@@stevep3692is that a BAD thing...?

[@JimboJones-qn4wd]

Good on you Andrew for speaking the truth instead of the fantasy!

[@glencoull2111]

Finally, she got to the point, compensation. It's what they all demand.

[@pavalige]

The fact that everybody in the room was silent shows how gutless they are, not one challenge not even a murmur, to the vile rhetoric she was spewing forth, disgusting.

[@douglasermedia3390]

At first I wondered why we couldn't hear everyone rolling on the floor laughing. But I think they all either fell asleep or found their Instagram feeds more riveting than the ramblings of an unhinged lunatic.

[@robrob5081]

Don’t think anyone was actually listening lol

[@RodneySpragg]

HOW DID SOMEONE LIKE HER EVEN GET THE CHANGE TO SPEAK THERE!!!!!

[@peterpiper482]

One bloke was punching buttons on his cell phone!~ @@robrob5081

[@hanswellington182]

Certainly one of the vilest and arrogant Abo Impersonator i have ever seen. There are many but this one tops it.

[@jasperhorace7147]

I doubt there is an Australian living today who hasn’t paid market rate for any property they own today. Not stolen - bought.

[@Joyce-Mackey]

Yes, no taxpayer funds my way.. Where is the result of millions being spent over many decades, to help Indigenous people??

[@joannemurdock7899]

​@@Joyce-Mackeyu mean billions of $$ every year!

[@milsy6936]

​@@Joyce-Mackey bottleshop

[@lesnorton837]

Before the white man came the aboriginal population wondered around in the wilderness. They done nothing for 65000 years. Now they want it all & still give nothing in return not even respect for their fellow man utterly disgusting.

[@michaeljoncour4903]

@@Joyce-Mackey not millions , zillions, if there is such a thing..

[@dingbat7740]

This racist needs to be removed.

[@ericrochester8835]

I hope your talking about Thorpe not Andrew 😅

[@glennmurray.]

Thorpe needs to get back on her medication

[@jamesmorrow1646]

Oh. You mean Thorpe.

[@glennmurray.]

@@jamesmorrow1646 Who else do you think I'm talking about?

[@GunControlHelpsCriminals]

That makes one person, as she does not love herself. If one were 87.5% white and 12.5% something else, normal person wouldn’t rag on the 7/8th of themselves and pretend to be something they aren’t. She’s mentally ill

[@zak4738]

Inheritance came from hard work!! Not from whinging and woe is me!!

[@cheltboy]

The fact that she can spew out all this rubbish, without being challenged, is a huge concern.

[@lynharvey6155]

So true.

[@Angus1966]

fear of being ladled a racist

[@MM-be3hh]

Aussie press are “ balless”

[@Angus1966]

@@MM-be3hh I would go so far to say the press has criminal intent

[@laslogemes500]

​Grow some balls even woman​@@Angus1966

[@kaynine31]

She should be charged for INCITING VIOLENCE.

[@warpedweft9004]

not exactly inciting violence but we do have laws about racial vilification, which is exactly what Thorp was indulging in.

[@joshuavidler7913]

No,its alright for white violence,u seem like a KKK, alright for you though hey

[@paulmarshall248]

you only get charged with incitement if your a white pregnant woman ... we have a disgusting gruberment that just gets grubbier every year...

[@johnnytower6169]

Don’t go after free speech

[@daviddunsby3617]

@@warpedweft9004 SHE IS INCITING VIOLENCE

[@frankkolmann4801]

How can Thorpe get away with such lies?

[@morganclare4704]

B/C too many Australians are gutless bozos, just like in Canada. cheers from Canada.

[@mattblack9069]

Weak white liberals in Government.

[@Jessima-j9y]

But,white people lies As bad ,the white bring There fucking ship Go back to Fucking , ENGLAND

[@rayjohnson7881]

If you were a lowlife you could do exactly the same. Very profitable.

[@shanoinoz]

simply because our politicians all have erectile disfunction ..... they are all soft cocks....

[@qualcommchalloner9551]

As a builder in Perth for last 22 years and before that another 20 years in Brighton United Kingdom I have Never never seen an young or older Aboriginal person with a lunch box or Ute in any morning going to work! however I know there are good hard workers dedicated in there Race ... this woman discussed me to the core, and I so commend you and news company for calling them and her out hurrah for Penny and Pauline Malc's in Perth WA ❤

[@jrcxley]

A young army officer of the First Fleet described how shocked he was to see serious head wounds and head scars on local aboriginal woman, and he learned they were caused by their violent husbands hitting them over the head whenever they were angered, which could be easily triggered by any trivial reason. He also said that a lot of meetings with the local tribes would easily turn violent. Can't blame the Aboriginals for being angry at their invaders, but for Thorpe to say they all lived in peace and harmony with each other is just total BS.

[@jesuschrist7169]

Not only that they sold them off, stole them as war prizes and pimped them out as payment.

[@JosephCowen-ru7up]

What do you mean angry at their invaders ?? They walked down from Indonesia about 45 K years ago and when they got here Mungo man was in Australia they killed him out and took his land !

[@bretthestelow9051]

Would that of been Captain Watkin Tench of the Royal Marines?

[@pshehan1]

@@bretthestelow9051 Yes. Tench also describes how Bennalong implored Governor Phillip to mount a military expedition to exterminate his tribal enemies.

[@joywilliams8444]

They were not invaders and if they were none are left and the benifits that is given is amazing

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

Sad to hear the bitterness and sarcasm in her words. And she believes what she's saying. So sad. Mr Bolt is spot-on. And reasonable. And polite.Well done, sir, and thankyou. 😕👍

[@danythrinbell1596]

bolt ? is paid to spit

[@garrymoore2186]

Every time she speaks she sets their cause back because of her blatant lies.

[@danythrinbell1596]

[@jennifermoncrieff2449]

Australia s Trump

[@garrymoore2186]

@jennifermoncrieff2449 you are insane.

[@jennifermoncrieff2449]

No really she's got guts🎉

[@TheMonkdad]

The most endangered in our world is respect for truth! This is becoming chaotic when anyone who wants could actually find out who's lying.

[@brizzyoz2462]

As a Pom I'm very proud of my English heritage and it pains me to see this woman get away with so many lies. Maybe we should give this country to 'her people' but only in the condition we found it 😂 no roads, no hospitals, no airports, no phones, trains, cars etc. and the real kicker... no Centrelink.

[@nettles6055]

Absolutely agree. Been saying that for years.

[@atrismith7487]

Thats my line , destroy everything . Pull it all down turn it to rubble if they want it . Their grand houses in the cities are not spared It all goes back to the land Could that be why Albos so intent on getting us into war with Russia and China

[@ericrochester8835]

She'd end up living in England wth us.

[@nosferatut9084]

@@ericrochester8835 😂😂😂.

[@elmerfudd6305]

They have there own Seperate department at centrelink just for Indigenous, Apartheid at centrelink. Outrageous..🤣🤣🤣

[@lwf3723]

She is just full of lies and hate, and all those “journalists” who sat in silence should hang their heads in shame!!!

[@george2009town]

They sold their souls a long time ago

[@Gougen_Stuff]

There are no journalists in that room

[@margaretboehm4485]

They're all in the same club

[@sarahberry3819]

I cant believe that the Press Club people paid to listen to upright lies and not one of them called her out or walked out of the event demanding a refund before reporting the truth themselves. Thank goodness you are prepared to bring the truth to your listeners Andrew Bolt.

[@Grant-x7j]

G'day guys, the fact that the National Press Club even entertains this beast, says alot about the lefty media.

[@stevenfenton3227]

She should go on permanent walkabout

[@pamelasloan1664]

And not come back

[@mikeymusic1]

Into a spike filled crevice 🏜️

[@Alicks2010]

Harold Holt?

[@wilo1463]

I THINK THE SHARK TOOK HIM@@Alicks2010

[@iandaniel2153]

Walkabout is to travel along the traditional song lines for that clan or skin group and would suggest she may have no bush name as she never mentions one, which is given when welcomed into the clan .

[@williamearl1662]

Aboriginal wealth was not stolen from them, hunter gatherers had what they could carry. I really want to see Aboriginals who live in dysfunctional communities have good lives, but Thorpe and her ilk will be no help in that respect.

[@tonyreading217]

You have no knowledge of aboriginal history you fool.

[@Ronboy1]

They always come back to the "stolen generation". When my mother was in hospital recovering from a massive stroke, the woman opposite her was an aboriginal. Like myself, her husband came in every day to visit, and over the period of five months, I got to know them quite well. The husband was also aboriginal, and during the course of a conversation one day, he told me how he gets pissed off by people who are whiter than his skin colour, going on and on about the stolen generation. He told me that he and his wife were part of that, and if they hadn't been removed from their surroundings, they would NEVER have had the quality of life that they have both enjoyed. He also noted that people forget that young white girls who found themselves pregnant and not married, often had their babies stolen from them to give to couples who were looking to adopt. It is nice to know that not all aboriginal people carry on like ratbags, but it seems that the whiter they are, the worse they carry on with their supposedly racist bullshit.

[@gwengordon7664]

Great letters and truthful as well. Thank you everyone.

[@rodbarford6472]

Most of the supposedly 'stolen generation were in fact given up by their parents to the missions because they recognised that they would have a much better chance of a better life than if they remained with the tribe. Only around 12% were actually forcibly removed from the parents. The whole 'stolen generation' thing is a deliberately constructed and promoted lie for the purposes of directing huge sums of money to certain 'aboriginal' people in cities. Very very little of it ever reaches aboriginal communities.

[@mantiskf2003]

sure there are exceptions in every type of scenario; but what was the more common situation and treatment? True regarding young pregnant white women, but there has been restitution to many of them; more importantly, it was the same cause for the ill treatment against both groups, and sadly so many of all colours still follow this debunked nonsense.

[@jameshorsburgh5465]

Spot on

[@garytnew7504]

Mate Ys dead RIGHT in what you say but did you know under the guise of law & Christianity Barnardos removed more than 3 times the number of orphan or children of deserted parents or mothers that the courts saw as unfit . Children boys and girls sent to the colonies mostly Canada and Australia in station and farms as farm Kitchen hands to to well to do society upper class elite autocrats of the time some even to The sub continent colony India and no Apologies to families nothing those kids was more or less indentured slave labor

[@Robbo3369]

I'm of Scottish & Irish decent & family have been living in Australia for generations now but i'm sure most people are aware of the history of convict deportation to this land and how convicts were treated { if they survived the journey } . We never even think of compensation for that past or complain about the treatment we just get on with it like she should do . Tuffin up lady

[@Mantras-and-Mystics]

If our descendants were dumped here against their will and in the cruellest conditions, England should at least buy everyone a house and a car to help erase generational trauma.

[@craigsherring5847]

Lady 😂 just another loud mouth fukn myall gin

[@thevocalcrone]

@@Mantras-and-Mystics yes this is the problem.. we know of intergenerational trauma because of the Aboriginal experience, but the convict experience is never spoken about, or the Irish experience.. there was a reason they came here.. largely genocide in their homeland. There is no ownership on human suffering and deprivation of land and liberty. Just because a person is white doesn't mean they have more privilege. Some white people do really well - others don't.. same as with people of all skin colours.

[@Aussiegirlforhope]

Yep so true our ancestors didn’t want to come here they were forced, and in saying that thank God for that. The convicts and aboriginals actually got on because they were both persecuted but free English people.

[@thevocalcrone]

@@Aussiegirlforhope and the irish catholics -they'd been copping it from the english for about three hundred years by that stage.

[@debbieneville7146]

The person we need to listen to is Jacinta Price an Aboriginal woman who is not looking for handouts, a woman who works hard for her community and has a lot of good ideas. Education is the only way for people to raise themselves out of poverty. Good work ethics, putting the community first and getting off the drink and drugs is the only way forward in improving standards of living in all communities, you cannot help those who do not want to help themselves.

[@joywilliams8444]

I agree but the parents wo t send them to school

[@leandabee]

100% agree! Love Jacinta ❤. She herself has come poverty stricken abusive communities and her Mother said my Daughter is not going to live this life and left the community and now we have an amazing leader of a woman who doesn't play the race card or victimhood card. Jacinta for PM 💪👌😃

[@Neilhoh3]

She's a fake aboriginal, just like Thorpe, apparently. But Thorpe's community hasnt rejected her like Price's has. Can you name one thing, just one, that Price has achieved other than getting handed a senate seat for the National Party.

[@Neilhoh3]

What is one of her "good ideas".

[@Neilhoh3]

@@leandabee YOU might have a leader but the community she cam from doesnt. They have rejected her and said she doesnt speak for them. To be PM she would have to be elected to the House of reps for the party that has the majority in parliament. Think they teach this in primary school. She got kicked to the kerb when she had tilt at the HoR seat. No one wants her except the National Party and few rusted on racists adopt her as their token black.

[@brentonharris6901]

Sadly, Australia is starting to not feel like home anymore, yet my grandkids are 7th generation born in Australia. Keep up the good work Andrew telling the reality🙏

[@pamelasloan1664]

I agree

[@RD-xv5fn]

The sooner she is out of office the better, just trying to make trouble in the community .

[@mercuryxyz7222]

I remember our teachers at school saying the aborigines traded lots of land for trinkets like mirrors etc because they had never seen these white inventions. The modern day aborigines certainly take advantage of our successful white technology. And our dress code and our Centrelink and the protection of the ANZACS

[@brownhornet113]

Yes, the Japanese would have taken Aus during WW2 had it not been for the Aus military and Allies . Spears and Boomerangs would have been no match for a Japanese Machine gun .

[@selwyn500]

See that narrative your running right there? You still see us as a problem, a problem to be put somewhere that you don't have to see to remind you of your shortcomings. Always was, always will be. Have a blessed day 😁.

[@selwyn500]

​@@brownhornet113must be hard for you ay. Fancy thinking Indigenous people didn't serve in our military and lay down their lives for the man next to them and vice versa. Google the AUSTRALIAN military history mate, you will be surprised at what you find.

[@brownhornet113]

Where did I mention Aboriginals didn't serve in the military ? Over 3000 served in ww2 , there were commissioned officers ( Reg Saunders) , all of which happily used modern technology supplied by who ? My point being , had there been no allies protecting Aus and their weapons ,Australia ,would be a completely different place , how's your Japanese language skill? ? Google feudal Japan , these ,outstanding warriors ,descendants who could not have been stopped by indigenous Aus alone . Fair enough ? @@selwyn500

[@fishmut]

Not to mention housing , clothing , healthcare, water on tap but they prefer grog tap and can’t handle it with out being a disgrace to themselves , they hunt driving vehicles using guns these days you know made by us and using boats with motors to get around and fish , someone told me they only invented was a stick , I disagreed , the stick was already here for them to use .

[@schelty9233]

I'll take her seriously when she leaves behind all the colonial comforts of today and heads back to the bush to live her beloved ancestral lifestyle which clearly was so much better.

[@BCl-dn4gn]

She wouldn't survive 😅

[@prescientselector3784]

You reckon a “truth telling” is actually going to contain any truth ?

[@petercunningham-fl4mf]

When has Elbow ever told the truth. Has he ever had a real job.

[@aussie5468]

They'll identify as the truth

[@rodaust1069]

No of course not - they will use elbo as an example of how not to lie straight in bed.

[@python27au]

I lived in carrington, in newcastle, for a while in the nineties. There was an aboringinal family living across the road, must have been about twenty individuals in the house. One night there was a hell of a racket outside, shouting, swearing, cracks and bangs. I looked out the window to see a couple of dozen people beating the shit out of each other, smashing cars, and throwing rocks, a brick bounced off the front of my house. I was later told that this happens about once a month when a group from a different tribe enters the street. So much for living in harmony. That was in modern society with laws and police, i can only imagine what it would have been like before.

[@TheDesertraptor]

Have not heard anyone challenge her on the 750,000 she owed before declaring bankruptcy. 750,000 she owed Indigenous of Victoria

[@68ctcb]

Hi I’ve not heard of this. Where did you hear of this?

[@RodneySpragg]

That would be interesting to read/hear about!!!!!

[@Saff999.]

If you can Source your claim, then we could follow up.

[@TheDesertraptor]

Not sure why people can't do their own research but here you go en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lidia_Thorpe#:~:text=Thorpe%20was%20the%20co%2Dchair,to%20the%20Australian%20Taxation%20Office.

[@pootube2024]

She needs to GO after we say NO!

[@chloeew4627]

Plus a dozen more of these racist liars.😊

[@bestwishes646]

She is hoping the voice is a big No ,She as big plans for Victoria so she not go away any time soon!

[@iandaniel2153]

@@bestwishes646 ... and the rotten branch of the Labor tree will help her get there through the legals.

[@him7743]

When are you going home to England 😂😂

[@nancymcgee4776]

I'm not Australian nor do I live in Australia so, I know my opinion does not amount to a hill of beans but, I just wanna know, how in the world do people put up with her? This is not the first time I've seen her complaining and gosh, she is so full of a whole lot of bs!

[@nowiamsane6561]

If you disagree with them telling you the world is flat and the sun spins around the earth , you are screamed at and called a racist. It's check mate.

[@colleen2671]

All Australians are European Aussies! The 5 eye countries USA UK Canada Australia NZ and Europe have successfully maintained and PRESERVED their Brutal inhumane colonial emperial western systems that have held the world hostage for centuries!

[@nosferatut9084]

@@colleen2671 Slavery was endemic ,worldwide on every continent and carried out by every race for millennia. The British were the first country to abolish it on home soil and they were responsible for its demise worldwide through brute force by the Royal Navy . Whites and particularly the British have nothing to be ashamed of, and I'm not of British descent.The Arabs were huge slave traders along the east of the continent and the slaves obtained along the west of the African continent were supplied by NATIVE AFRICANS. Empires and colonisation have existed for millennia all over the planet. Europeans including the British were demonised about it not because it was exclusive to them but because they were better at it through better technology.

[@markbeale7390]

​@nosferatut9084 Exactly, it's a jealousy.

[@rebwolfe2702]

Parliamentary privilege: we can’t get rid of this tumour!!

[@cynthiamckenzie8451]

Just saw a video from indigenous people in Alice Springs and they’ve never heard of her. So much for Thorpe speaking for indigenous people 😮

[@colinjones5100]

What is wrong with ALL those people that just sat there and said nothing. They are all scared of being honest and saying what they really think.

[@EmilyW.isawakenotwoke]

My best friend is a nurse. She moved to western australia and works in a hospital up north. The horrifying stories she tells me about babies, literally 5, 7, 9 month old babies coming into the hospital with herpes or clamidia(spelling sorry🥴) the women coming in beaten so badly that they lose eyes or teeth.. Or have been set on fire.. And fetal alcohol syndrome is disproportionately high amongst the aboriginal babies. I have also had experience when I lived in karratha , where not far from there, a whole estate of brand new houses was built for aborigines . Without word of a lie, within a few months, they had ripped out all the floors, doors windows, smashed every wall, stolen the air cons and hot water services, ripped up every plant that was landscaped, and took off. I also have some documentation from when my ancestors were first here mining in creswick in 1864, that shows that there were like, Marshall's appointed, to protect and help aboriginal communities, and punish anyone who mistreated them. Happy to share if anyone wants confirmation. So no Lydia , we don't believe your stories. We don't trust you will do the right thing. Just seeing your anger and blood lust for us white fellas is enough to give us nightmares

[@matilda6362]

What you forgot to mention is that many of those communities are ran by white politicians and people Who get allocated a huge amount of money to be spent on education, housing, community centre etc which the Aboriginal people DO NOT see!

[@tootellustraight]

Yeah very sweet and civilised people. OMG. Justice now. But yeah it really is sad this reality that you speak of for these women and children. It’s what Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine and others are calling out. They need real help. Not this racist Voice to parliament that is all about money for a few and ruining our country’s future. Vote No

[@cuda260]

This the 'truth telling' that we aren't going to hear, which guarantees there can never be actual reconciliation.

[@lynharvey6155]

Same in Yamba, disgusting the way they treat hand outs.

[@fishmut]

If Lydia ran out of oxygen, I would not shed one single tear .

[@RJSHUB]

This woman should be locked up She is a security risk to all people

[@danythrinbell1596]

, are you Anglo Saxon ? ho ya , go and get some more COVID boosters

[@darkomilic9734]

Truth telling is important and the indigenous community should take note. You can't change history.

[@johnmcdonald8943]

If you needed just one reason to vote NO, just look to Thorpe.

[@joywilliams8444]

Absobloodylutely

[@videoagogo1]

She is voting NO

[@robweaver9953]

My concern is that she is able to keep repeating this version of ‘history’ and not only gets applauded by the media, but continues to enjoy privileges via a system she loathes. And exactly what percentage of her DNA is indigenous?

[@waynegrosvenor9699]

Not very much aboriginal in Thorpe

[@TCM215]

About 20 at most. And Id bet any amount of money that she applies darkening make up

[@chrismaynard4117]

There is a recent pic of her,"tan" face,but hands white as snow. Same makeup that Stan wears!

[@danythrinbell1596]

@@waynegrosvenor9699 ha ha ha ha , she speaks for natives not for herself ha ha ha

[@danythrinbell1596]

@@chrismaynard4117 sure ? i'm gonna paint my body black i need to get some native claims thank you mate for the tip , ha ha ha camon pal be real

[@leebishop6555]

Aborigines were never owners of the land, they were merely custodians, according to them.

[@Reginaldesq]

Lets be reasonable. Its clear it was their land, they were living on it and it provided their food. There was an invasion and they lost. I think its just a case that many of them need to change their culture. The old culture fails in the world economy.

[@terryjkhn5725]

How so ,don't know what you've read but that is not true

[@elmerfudd6305]

I've listened to full blood aboriginals Say they never owned the land, there At one with the land in a spiritual Sense, they also had no idea what Australia looked like or how big it Was,, they were just standing on The land and dident even know Other Aboriginals were spread through Out the country..and Ayres rock Dosent belong to them, as it's been there For 160 million years way before they Arrived from indonesia...

[@terryjkhn5725]

@elmerfudd6305 don't know where your information from but it's totally false , doesn't matter if full blood aboriginal , most have creation story , my friend is full blood an they don't come Indonesia ,Arnhem land has stories trade with Indonesians so what you stated is totally false fabricated claims, like Indonesians saying they're traditional owners of West Papua

[@elmerfudd6305]

terryjkhn Sorry pinocchio what a load of crap Creation story 🤣 are you Stupid, well tell me where Aboriginals Came from, you don't know.. Your not the only one that has talked To full bloods..DNA testing proves You wrong..

[@wandawolfe8665]

Thank God for Andrew Bolt! A man you can trust!

[@Veritas2233]

She is totally white skinned and has no aboriginal features.

[@davidhandyman7571]

Her eyes look more Asian than Aboriginal.

[@chrispekel5709]

She does, but she's probably a 1/4

[@edstar83]

@@chrispekel5709 Her father is white and I doubt her mother is 100% Aboriginal. She's not Aboriginal. She's mixed.

[@GunControlHelpsCriminals]

“Probably” is the problem. When there’s no facts you have to go off appearance. Appearance wise it is possible she is zero % aboriginal. Prove that wrong.

[@alanclarkeau]

​@@chrispekel5709so white in reality. I'm Canadian, Irish, Jewish, English etc - NO, NO - I'm an Australian.

[@lighthousexiii2391]

There's nothing like being berated about history by someone who knows nothing about history.

[@peted3637]

Dear God, she's such a pitiful victim! Nothing, NOTHING that ever happens to her will be her fault. Nope, it'll always be someone else's fault and never ever hers.

[@BT54-40]

I remember a sheep station handed over , said people ran it into the ground , and abandoned to go walk about, didn't have the determination to make it work 😕.

[@brettjones4733]

Peace and harmony , yeah right , I love how her and the others twist the truth and just plain make it up to suit there narrative, she should be made to live in a remote community for a year

[@Bushranger1865]

Only a year?

[@steveridout6614]

It shows how politically correct our journalists are , not one at the National Press Club got up and interjected. This so called senator should be taken to task. Not one mention of taking responsibility of the bad and abhorrent behaviour we see in the current aboriginal communities despite all the billions of tax free handouts they have received.

[@katewalker5358]

very true this political correctness has eating into peoples honest views

[@rayparsons6115]

What about all the illegal boat people we get nothing copepeared to them . How would any non indigenous person except any foreigner going and building on thier land without not even trying to talk to them .and I did say try to communicate with them

[@peterlestrange9392]

She has no clue, she should be charged for inciting hate

[@avivabillington5514]

The only reason there's such a high incarceration rate, they're breaking the law!! Sad but too true sadly same with all countries with prison rates Indigenous people or not?

[@bradgannon4412]

Can you imagine the amount of fiction telling will go on if the voice gets up.

[@davidthomson6954]

Unfortunately, if that happens there is a good chance of racial violence which has the potential of spilling over into a civil (race) war. Think about Rhodesia and South Africa. The pattern of what we are now facing was perfected in those countries. It was all about TRUTH & RECONCILIATION. The result being that both nations despite their wealth of resources they have been reduced to third world nation status. We fail to learn from history and therefore will be condemned to relive it. The Rhodesian born South African author warned Australians in his book "Truth out of Africa" where he stated that after South Africe falls it will be Australia's turn to be 'put through the wringer.'

[@Whylivere]

Yep all bs

[@rosriggs9728]

please do not go there... please let it never happen

[@andrewhart6377]

The White Communists will be feeding here this rubbish.

[@rodbarford6472]

How to spell 'The Voice' .... M O N E Y

[@liberoarkangelos9475]

Up until now, I have had respect for the aborigines. This woman has single handedly opened my eyes, motivating me to do some research. What I discovered is the real meaning of truth telling. It is about distorting the truth as a money making business, benefitting the managers of the aboriginal industry who have been milking the taxpayer to line their own pockets. The result is we have two aboriginal groups, the victims and the predators who exploit the real aborigines. The predators are the greedy psychopaths masquerading as aborigines. Their business model relies on their truth telling exaggerations and outright lies, and the continuation of the aborigines they use to profit from the misery they insure never ends. WAKE UP AUSTRALIA, a genuine truth telling royal commission needs to get to the bottom of this ongoing, never ending exploitation of vulnerable people.

[@rodneyspragg2986]

What you are saying is very similiar to what Pauline Hansen has been saying for years and years but no one would listen. Maybe now people will see and realise the real truth!!!!!

[@brendandarcy8188]

Well said 👏

[@gilfavor1river]

What you said is an absolute truth. I believe a certain Bruce , has made some money out of his fakery, been selling books and been making up stories that severzl well educated experts in studies of the indigenous hade said he is loopy, well that my way of sayimg it. Maybe not loopy ,maybe a shifty fraud.

[@Aussiegirlforhope]

Absolutely totally agree 💯

[@him7743]

Bullshit you were groomed into racism by your parents.

[@EricGreen-m7b]

I heard Lidia say in a recent interview, "if the Australian Govt is silly enough to pay me $240,00.00 a year, I'll take it". She certainly has improved her intake of calories. I wonder how much is left for the hungry mob.

[@MariaBlackbourn]

You guys just must be beside yourselves to have to face the atrocities of your past.

[@lynharvey6155]

She should be thanking us for all the billions of dollars given to the indigenous. So disrespectful.

[@arbytoaster22]

Do you even earn enough to pay tax?

[@joywilliams8444]

Absobloodylutely

[@joywilliams8444]

@@HWW147 note she never mentions her white background oh well no money there

[@joywilliams8444]

Well speaking from my family my dad worked on the mines from 14 until he retired I my husband worked 50 yrs and worked past retirement I worked part time until we retired four kuds who have worked 30 plus yrs still working. How about you

[@ladytammy6886]

Shut your vile racist comments up!!

[@davidirwin3477]

People like Thorpe will never understand where our wealth comes from, because it involves work.

[@raymondwilliams5661]

She's got fuck all abbo in her 🤔🐖

[@KenshinPhoenix]

My sister was with an aboriginal man against the wishes of our mum when she was 16. She left home, ended up on drugs and in hospital after he stabbed her and she nearly died. She had to change her identity to escape him. So much peace, almost like a certain other "peaceful people". Not that all are bad, I know a few who are as decent as anyone else, even more so, but it is definitely a big problem in their community.

[@peterJanssens-r7t]

yes you are so right as i know a few people that are just the most wonderful people you could ever meet but then you get some that are just after what they can get out of of people so yes i agree with you

[@johumphrey1048]

This thing needs waking up.

[@thetoymanator7723]

Unfortunately the truth sometimes gets in the way. LT gloats over a rich culture spanning 40,000 years and points to "tribal" tattoos on her forearms. Aboriginals never had tattoos unlike the NZ maori. By the way, dot paintings were invented by a white fella in the early 1970's who collaborated with local people to bring them into existence. I quote a first nations art website: "Dot painting originated almost 50 years ago in 1971. Geoffrey Bardon was assigned as an art teacher for the children of the Aboriginal people in Papunya, near Alice Springs". Also, before white settlement there were 250 aboriginal languages and over 800 dialects - doesn't sound like a united, peaceful existence. How could you tell friend from foe with no means of standard communication. Perhaps LT should take a closer look at her own history.

[@frankbirch3877]

Very interesting observation about the recent "creation" of aboriginal art "tradition". The ubiquitous "welcome to country" ceremonies, created by Ernie Dingo in 1976, are also a crass " creation" of aboriginal culture. He "made up" a ceremony because an official South Pacific delegation, for whom welcome ceremonies are part of the culture of South Pacific islanders, demanded one for their arrival. Since then " Welcome to Country" has become a grinding tool, the purpose of which piling on white man's "guilt".

[@lesblack413]

I understand the painter teacher was a Frenchman.

[@jesuschrist7169]

​@frankbirch3877 Ernie has come out and claimed he didn't invent it apparently 😂

[@frankbirch3877]

@@jesuschrist7169 doesn't matter. It did not exist before then, the welcome to country hoopla. Hardly an aborignal tradition for the ages.

[@UdonFarang52]

Thank you...!!!

[@JayJay-wg5ex]

despicable. where are the sane people?

[@TheSilmarillian]

Never seen a fellow human being more in need of a full phycological assessment than this one.

[@danythrinbell1596]

true hurts pal , true blue australians , were mistreated and continue so , they are hunters like fredom not farmers like europeans so , think about it instead blaming them for anything they did not asked anglo saxons to come here

[@TheSilmarillian]

@@danythrinbell1596 One must never blame the sons for the sins of the fathers.

[@danythrinbell1596]

@@TheSilmarillian yep as longer correct the ways of they fathers its not happening look at Zealand Canada america even France and others , the repression they do on its citizens the more older origins

[@MarilynGratton]

So very obvious. Look back at your history Lidia You have been misled by false teachings. Your tribes fought against each other. Your Tribes have had more than enough financial support More than whites and you are a product of mixed races. So where is your compassion and empathy for us all.🙌🤗🙋‍♀️🦘🙏

[@JosephVanHaren-o9j]

Exactly.needs a straight jacket

[@JosephVanHaren-o9j]

She is one sick Lidia thorpe😂

[@Bow-j6c]

The truth is she does not know what a camp is or looks like ,She is well dressed, She is well fed, VOTE NO TO THE POWER GRAB 💯

[@Family-First....]

You said what so many people want to say. Thank you

[@ninjamaster7724]

Please tell me why a conservative journalist from Sky News Australia wasn't there to challenge Lidia Thorpe on her outrageous claims?

[@bravovespa3736]

Andrew Bolt was telling the truth!

[@humbleopinion1499]

Careful - those on the Left might hear you..!

[@pacnbeans]

Lidia Thorpe to do a full DNA spectrum And live in the outback for 12 months !

[@cherylleech3718]

Thank you Andrew for speaking the truth

[@jakartausm5241]

Thanks for pointing out that the dirt was worthless until the British arrived. And they didn’t turn up with some new miracle invention. It was the product of 1000s of years of human ingenuity- human capital. From Bronze Age to iron age was over a 1000 years before the ability to make enough heat for iron. Concrete … from the Romans. The civilisation we have is us standing on the shoulders of giants

[@Reginaldesq]

Living as hunter gatherers the dirt isnt worthless its very valuable as it supplies your food. When your land is taken, so is your food. Homo sapiens have been around for about 200,000 years. Most of the technological advancements came about in the last 11,000 years. If it was a matter of being smarter or better then why not much happening for so long? Some people of the earth were in the right place at the right time, some were not. Comparing technologies from different geological locations is pointless. With that said. The hunter gather age is well and truly over because it simply fails to compete with farming/industrial culture. At some point one has to say, we lost the war, time to participate in the modern economy.

[@Steve_jones113]

That last sentence about giants is what Lisa Wilkinson told Brittany Higgens to say in her interview lol.

[@judyadams8178]

Something seriously wrong with her...32 billion dollars goes to them of the backs of hard working white ppl

[@123ilikethisrbb]

If I walk through a park or sleep in it, that doesn't mean I own it. Lands across the earth have been claimed at the tip of a spear or the edge of a sword since the beginning of time, Aboriginals are no exception to this.

[@seanlevison6361]

How to win friends and influence people - full respect to our first Australians, but unlikely this continent was ever going to be left alone for another 65,000 years.

[@Reginaldesq]

Yeah. Every single one of us had Hunter Gather ancestors. The fact that we are here means they all made the change to farming/industry. Maybe they did it willingly, maybe they were forced. If you are on good land the hunter gatherer lifestyle can be pretty sweet. But, it cant compete with farming/industry. So, if you want to be alive, you have to make the change.

[@oooadhd2588]

WW 2 Japanese would have killed most

[@nosferatut9084]

@@oooadhd2588 Most? There wouldn't have been one left.

[@Reginaldesq]

@Jim-zd6mn I really dont like the "other guy would have been worse" argument. Its like you get robbed for you wallet on a subway and the robber says youre lucky, the other thugs around here would have taken your clothes as well.

[@Apoc5k]

This continent could have been found by a race determined to wipe out all indigenous life.

[@rexcowan9209]

If I recall correctly the Gippsland Aborigines killed 100 Western Port Aborigines in a surprise attack at Beaumaris, according to assistant protector of Aborigines Thomas.

[@xpictos777]

My inheritance came from my parents who came to this country from a war torn place. Experienced racism, but worked 7 days a week in a fruit shop.

[@vickipaulson4965]

Our children don't need to hear this

[@chloeew4627]

The truth is out there. 😊 The trough is getting larger ,the snouts are multiplying.