Sky News host fact-checks Noel Pearson’s ‘bizarre’ Voice speech

Sky News host Andrew Bolt fact-checks leading ‘Yes’ campaigner Noel Pearson after his “bizarre” Voice speech at the National Press Club of Australia.
“I want to go back to it because Pearson claimed I was wrong … saying no this Voice an Aboriginal-only advisory parliament in our constitution that the government wants us to vote for next month - this Voice is not racist," Mr Bolt said.
“No, he says it is not going to divide us by race at all.
“Pearson and others in the Yes campaign are clearly embarrassed that they’re pushing an official racism on Australia.
“But his argument … about indigeneity is a distinction without a difference - but actually it’s also false - because the Voice does divide us by race.”
Mr Bolt was joined by Liberal MP Warren Entsch to discuss Mr Pearson’s comments and his Voice pitch.

[@lulurosenkrantz3720]

Pearson should be investigated for corruption & misappropriation of Australian tax payer monies .

[@jamiechippett1566]

Deffently! 👍

[@chloeew4627]

That would be racist 😂😂😂😂

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Don't just say it! Audit Audit Audit...Name blame anddddd Shame 😡🙏.....

[@haywoodjablowme883]

Absolutely! That crook should be sent to prison for fraud

[@Brian1952ful]

​@@jamiechippett1566You can't even spell. Lol

[@JohnDoe-jf8sn]

traitor to his own people, you should be ashamed of yourself pearson.

[@soulfulfreedomheart2505]

He knows it

[@beachbum433]

I saw that Choc Mundine wants to have a chat with Mr. Mayo about breaking some tribal law. I'd pay money to watch that...🤣🤣

[@Nuffpatrol]

The only traitors are warren mundine and Jacinta price

[@dannywebb6709]

Money talks

[@lee-annebarrett366]

Still want to know where the $550 million has gone Noel.

[@georgiacompton7427]

@@rosriggs9728 if this is true; it's a disgrace that tax payers's money is flagrantly wasted without accountability.

[@supernovaaust]

Mostly goes to white people who are mostly racist as fu*k littered across outback towns all over Australia. They pay their taxes so it goes back to the government. Great system they have going. That's why there will never be an audit.

[@barbaraepye3895]

We all want to know where is the money, Noel?

[@dannywebb6709]

Lining the pockets of these so called indigenous elites

[@flyonthewalltheatre]

Voting NO.

[@Prognosis__]

Vote NO el

[@MichaelKingsfordGray]

As a part-Aborigine, I am voting a clear NO to this irreversible apartheid.

[@barbaraepye3895]

Wonderful

[@caskur1]

Good onya Michael. ❤

[@okmmauh]

I noticed for a long time how Aboriginal people are clear thinkers and clear speakers. Thank you for speaking up

[@caskur1]

lol. trolling 101 by any chance ???@@okmmauh

[@stevecam724]

One country One people One voice One flag Vote NO to apartheid on October 14th

[@newshound2521]

Ein volk, ein Deutschland, ein Fuhrer

[@supernovaaust]

It's a bit hard if you are a soverign people because no treaty was enacted. It's not like an immigrant who signs himself away to the government.

[@barbaraepye3895]

We are all Australians

[@redplanet7163]

Noel Pearson has grifted himself into being a multi-millionaire. I don't think he has too much to complain about when it comes to "discrimination".

[@soulfulfreedomheart2505]

Anyone can be a sellout

[@user-mc2oc6jw9q]

Pearson is a half-cast, why does he not come clean and acknowledge his white ancestry too? (because he thinks he has a big pay day coming)

[@ArynCrinn]

@@user-mc2oc6jw9q There's no grifting with his European ancestry.

[@Kwesekara1672]

He certainly hasn’t suffered too much as a result of colonisation.

[@Nuffpatrol]

@@soulfulfreedomheart2505like Jacinta price

[@margaretkobier]

I have said that I am indigenous. Why? For the simple fact, I was born here

[@georgiacompton7427]

I am prepared to accept and respect Indigenous heritage, acknowledging First Peoples; however Noel Pearson has no right to rob me of my heritage, and homeland, as a native born Australian! My ancestors were invaders and lived in colonial times: we have moved on; Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11 moved away from Imperialism and created a Commonwealth where she gave an entire life of service to educate and improve citizens conditions. Noel Pearson is a blackmailer, now backtracking from 'separation'. How dare he try to win votes from recent refugees and migrants on the back of UK colonialism: the multi million dollar grifter needs to help his people without gouging from those who need funding.

[@shanemonro6807]

Anyone born in Australia is indigenous

[@alistairtaylor4989]

Your ancestors were not invaders, they were colonisers. Invaders come with armies and take over without any thought for who is already there. This is not what happened.

[@margaretkobier]

@@georgiacompton7427 Well said except our ancestors were not invaders. They were sent here as convicts or choose to come as free settlers with the aim to colonise what was rightly or wrongly considered an empty land. Regardless, we cannot change the past.

[@bonsaunders949]

It was wrong yeah land not empty. So it was wrong

[@theodociocozanitis5437]

That aboriginal needs be investigated

[@johnmu7034]

I would like to see his pedigree.

[@michaelandrews583]

@@johnmu7034 He's a mutt.

[@rogueelement8831]

Don't forget about the wicked witch, Marcia Langton.

[@t9j6c6j51]

I’m an immigrant to this wonderful country, but my kids were all born here and they are indigenous Australians. End of story.

[@user-zd8eh1zx8q]

Like that one. My grand dad came here in the 1850`s and THAT makes ME indigenous!

[@radicalradioOz]

​​@@user-zd8eh1zx8qMy parents came to Australia and THAT makes ME indigenous TOO!👍

[@michaelmcelligott6336]

Aboriginal means not original Ab normal not normal Still got mad respect for the day to day mob though Money is soo corruptive , it's like a cancer

[@asmirann3636]

That is the wrong use of the word indigenous. Your kids might born in Australia but they will not be indigenous. They will be settlers. You are indigenous to where you came from and so will be your kids.

[@lock8433]

@@asmirann3636 the aboriginals from Australia migrated here too. So does that mean they are indigenous Africans?

[@myvideos2715]

Pearson just added more emphasis for Australians to No vote. We are supposed to one. But somehow 3.9% of the population gets 40 Billion dollars from the average hard working Australians. It's about time to have a royal commission on aboriginal allocation of funds, with the view in prosecuting those who have illegally diverted tax payers funds into their pockets, and depriving those in need the proper support they should receive.

[@Dylan_Mulvaney_OFFICIAL]

An audit

[@Em_Chester_]

1/2 trillion over 15 years!! I agree the best support for aboriginal people would be transparent and accountable expenditure that’s failed to support them. There’s a need for scrutiny beyond an audit.

[@jtither4646]

@@Em_Chester_ scrutiny is incorrect its got a back on the plantation feel bro. Accountability now that's the ticket .

[@Em_Chester_]

@@jtither4646 anything that actually ensures the community in need actually received the support they need and the Corporation Industry created is about the people not the bureaucrats. And not another layer of bureaucracy diluting support actually received.

[@jtither4646]

@@Em_Chester_ then we need to have the goverment step back , and just make funding available to community . if you look at history there's a pattern of goverments trying to correct social issues ,throwing billions of dollars at it and making it worse and creating more problems by inadvertent destroying supports of the community they were trying to help . It means us as a community need to be making the plan allocating the funding implementing the changes its a big ask for a society that is inherently selfish .

[@alanakafang6143]

one only has to observe the behaviour of the people pushing you to vote YES to know that you should actually vote NO

[@user-mc2oc6jw9q]

*ONCE YOU KNOW, YOU'LL VOTE NO* (don't buy the weak, woke utopian BS from Albo-ringie) and *IF YOU DON'T KNOW, VOTE NO* (the truth is, no one knows because Alboriginie will only tell you if yes win)

[@ameliab4912]

So true

[@user-mc2oc6jw9q]

@@ameliab4912 *the more you Know, the more you NO*

[@user-mc2oc6jw9q]

*The eyes are the window to the soul, Marcia Langton is dead inside, just like this voice on Saturday. Prepare for the Yes mob tantrums on the 15 (only a few more sleeps)*

[@Patricia-qz7io]

Be aware of who gets voted onto the Voice to speak for you the Elites who have already earned excellent money and they are looking forward to earning more make sure you get your say as to who represents you and complain if you find in regional areas you are not getting what they promised because they will look after close to home.

[@grahamferris722]

Wake Us Vote NO!

[@ACCOD]

Sounds to me that old Noel has his snout in the trough. This man needs to be investigated.

[@supernovaaust]

Look like you have solid evidence there. Keep up the good work detective👍

[@petermclauchlan8793]

& "ELIMATED !" ...

[@supernovaaust]

Apparently Bolt has his panties in a twist because some where in far north Queensland a sign blew over in the wind but here on Sky News comments section is a guy saying Noel Pearson should be eliminated and people say nothing... It shows where the no side is really at. Intimidation and disinformation The funny thing is they keep doing it because they think they are intimidating...🤣🤣🤣

[@boblouden6663]

My parents and their siblings are buried here, my grand parents and their siblings are buried here, my great grand parents and their siblings are buried here. My great great grand parents and their siblings are buried here. I and my siblings will be buried here. My son and his siblings will be buried here. My grand children will be buried here. THIS IS MY HOME , I am INDIGENOUS to Australia.

[@nigelbagguley7606]

All the way from England,so Pearson is ignoring the fact that Australian Aboriginals themselves immigranted to Australia 40,000 years ago.

[@johnmu7034]

Right and who did they kick out of the country, or murder.

[@DeyDid-ek8zu]

Yes. And then they did very little for all that time lol 🤭 (they've literally NEVER done anything lmao)

[@TheSilmarillian]

@@johnmu7034 the pygmies that where here then

[@ericrochester8835]

Which wave?

[@nigelbagguley7606]

@@ericrochester8835 lol

[@jaypirrelli970]

Andrew, everyone knows what it's all about. Money, money, money and more money. It's a huge industry.

[@cishansen4162]

You say the 'Mob.' from out of Australia are not like us. Well, my Ugandan, refugee partner of seven years and her 'mob' are all voting no to your voice. This is not the Australia they were promised and it is a strong feeling felt thought the African Australian community They see this as the tribalism it is. Good luck, Noel. You're going to need it.

[@baz3575]

That is because many Africans have seen firsthand how divisive things can get when there is no national unity. Funny how so many SJW types have no interest in listening to "people of color" that have seen what happens when ethnic divisions are stressed and the consequences. I guess they need to over-compensate for having no "POC" friends so no one thinks they are racist, lol.

[@Kwesekara1672]

Noel is at the top of the tree. He gets to gain big time if this permanent constitutional aboriginal only ‘Voice’ in parliament goes through.

[@alanc6781]

@@Kwesekara1672 And the tree is rotten.

[@Kwesekara1672]

@@alanc6781Let’s hope it falls over on voting day.

[@petermclauchlan8793]

❤ Thanks 4 🌞Ur ENLIGHTENMENT 👍✅️ ✅️ ✅️ ✅️ ✅️😍

[@bernardvecchio3704]

Do you all thinkNoel Pearson lives in the bush in North Queensland. He lives in Noosa and his kids go to private schools. Where is the "closing the Gap there"

[@supernovaaust]

Why shouldn't he be able to do that?

[@josephchudleigh8367]

Just vote NO.

[@supernovaaust]

So vote yes to No or vote no to no?

[@Thecreativewildchild]

What I find so sad with all this is that the money that corporate, celebrates, banks etc are paying towards this Voice should be going to people in need not to a ridiculous division of Australians. Shame on you Labour, you should hold your heads in shame 😡

[@noelasandstrom9761]

They will be out soon unless albosleazy goes. Labor's a lost cause and has virtually brought Australia to its knees. NO always to racist Voice

[@technicianbis5250]

Labor is known for shamless stunts like this, the voice is only the most recent. The ndis is a failure, a bottomless pit to throw money into, we still don't know what gillard did with 200 billion dollars, the refugees who came here by the boat load and gate crashed our boundaries when rudd was in power to name a few.

[@technicianbis5250]

@@noelasandstrom9761 This is common with labor, they promise the moon and the stars and we get dirt. Despite using the same ploys to gain power, they keep getting voted in and they will continue to con us until the sleepy voters come to their senses. This voice referendum will bring chaos to our societies in this land.

[@BrentPreller-if1cs]

They'll get their money back. The government looks after them.

[@rogerhammett5295]

Smacks of malfeasance and corruption, he should be investigated.icac.

[@supernovaaust]

Great use of evidence detective. Keep this up and you'll be promoted in no time.👍

[@Dylan_Mulvaney_OFFICIAL]

Calling Noel Pearson a credible man, is like calling Lidia Thorpe a black aboriginal woman.

[@Brian1952ful]

You have a problem with indigenous people it seems.

[@--Mar]

​@@Brian1952fulIt's not indigenous people, it's dishonest indigenous people.

[@Without_Lies_Media_Dies]

@@Brian1952ful The op is correct, If lidia is a black aboriginal woman I'm Elvis Presley.

[@SauronsEye]

@@Brian1952ful Nope, just people ignoring the anglo part of their make up because it's not beneficial to them.

[@screwyu1329]

On about the same level as calling Andrew Bolt "honest".

[@beachbum433]

Quite the comedian, Noel! Especially when you generate fake laughter from that tired old Trotsky-ite Kerry O'Brien...

[@Larry-Livermore]

There is nothing as tragic as a failed communist

[@credenza1]

Ever so smug and complacent in their lefty superiority.

[@simplesimon4717]

Kerry O'Brien is just another chocolate Communist! Would be if it could be. But what these clowns never realise is that if you want to be a Communist you have to be prepared to kill!

[@user-zk6oy4ev9o]

Well if he’s misappropriated funds he must pay it back…every last dollar.

[@ladybeekeeper7777]

Noel Pearson’s speak was word salad. He has spoken openly about his views on what the voice will be, a powerful arm of the government that will allow a few elite indigenous people a lifelong public service job with at least $200,000 (they will appoint themselves of course) AND massive funds from the government for treaty, like a percentage of GDP. What has he spent the 550 million dollars on. Accountability. I agree with Jacinta price. We don’t need a voice, we need accountability for the nearly 40 billion spent each year by the Noel Pearson’s of the indigenous people. Unreal. The voice will not even help the people they claim it will.

[@supernovaaust]

But the voice specifically states that they will only get paid for transport. Only two people will get paid a salary. It's basically voluntary.

[@alanc6781]

@@supernovaaust lol

[@mazzid9973]

​@@supernovaaustIf you believe that? Oh boy you're extremely naive. SMFH 🇦🇺🦘

[@MrDyhard]

Pearson is Australia’s very own Al Capone complete with the bullying, poisonous stand over tactics, the unbridled greed and even has the tell tale gangster’s hat.

[@user-zd8eh1zx8q]

A beauty!

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Maybe look under the hat...$50million?😡💪

[@caroliner2029]

Great report, thank you Andrew.

[@patrickjohnson8741]

Noel Pearson, why do you have an European name & NOT an Aboriginal one. You are a mixture of races. NOT wholly Aboriginal.

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Nupingu 11😱😁😁😁😁

[@patrickjohnson8741]

@@AlanBoddy-fl2qp Then use that & NOT your European name

[@roberthale8441]

Well said Andrew and warren 👍

[@Brett.Crealy-kh1sk]

Pearson let his racist cat out the bag when he asked new multicultural citizens, 'who will you stand with, the British among us, or..' (clearly Pearson was talking race, & also making reference to colour!) Another Martin Luther King.. he definitely is not!

[@kathrynletchford5114]

Noel Pearson, needs to be investigated for fraud, jailed, and ALL of his millions taken off him, and distributed to the poor people.

[@aaronfarley14]

Sounds like Noel Pearson has been feathering his own nest 🪹!!! Needs to be an enquiry into where the money 💰 has gone??

[@supernovaaust]

Sounds like great investigative research on your behalf. Great job at narrowing it down detective👍

[@lindagregory6877]

@@supernovaaustconvince me to vote yes....i want you to tell me the benefits of the yes vote and what will happen ? Im undecided.

[@supernovaaust]

@@lindagregory6877 First benefit is we will fall into international legal norms regarding this embarrassing predicament. Every single Commonwealth nation has a discussion process with indiginouse people's. You know the part in the bible where Jesus gets sentenced to death by the Jews but the Roman government executed him? Well that's based on a Roman law that is entrenched in our cultural landscape which exists to this day. The law states that when a conquering army conquers a nation the subject of that are allowed certain rights. One right is to have access to your own laws and traditions. The example above where Jesus was sentenced by Jewish law under a Roman government is the best example I can give. This has turned into international law. The only way you can circumnavigate that law is to say the place is Terra Nullius, land of no people. I can't say what the benifits to you personally will be because I don't know your cultural background. But, let's say you are European decent and no cultural ties to indiginouse Australia for example. If a no vote gets passed, indiginouse Australian have more than fullfilled their obligations under international law to try and talk about their inherent rights. If they get a no vote, they could go to the international courts and ask for a judgement. As all other countries have signed treaties we will be isolated in terms of support. The court in this case would probably impose strict conditions if Australia loses. Any realist who knows the law knows Australia will more than likely lose the case. The current arguments just do not hold up to the legal obligations. Not just a great embarrassment, but the courts would impose strict conditions which far outweigh the what would happen if the yes got though. The reasoning is this, the courts would have to protect themselves from further problems so as in civil cases would impose strict conditions. Australia, not being honest about its obligations would be on the backfoot and made an example of. So the benifit to you is you will face a lesser of two situations, maybe not you, but certainly your children if you indeed had them. So, in short you would be far better off with the yes. Further, if a foreign nation other than Australia signs a treaty, technically I believe they could argue a good case for its justification to ownership. Please ask for clarifications👍

[@actualfacts1055]

Pearson keeps all of the money for himself, corruption reigns supreme.

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Lovely home in sort after NOOSA😱😭

[@Mortimus1000]

Don't rock the gravy train.

[@LordLarion489]

Distribution of The Tax Payer's hard earned cash is a way of life for these crooks.

[@rossevans1774]

Pearsons getting excited, he can't wait to drop his f*t a*se into his window seat on the '24-person voice gravy train'.

[@chairmandan1794]

Glad Noel understood it, because I sure as hell didn't. Waffle!!!

[@subaruadventures]

I was born here and i am white so that makes me indigenous full stop.

[@supernovaaust]

If you practice indiginous culture, yes👍

[@alvinwong5521]

Get Pearson to pay the rent! He surely can afford it from the $550M he received!

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Nice house up in NOOSA👍

[@noelasandstrom9761]

And 'misappropriated'

[@scottwalker2980]

its simple....who can be apart of the voice ?...if its indigenous only...than...thats racism...simple, they know it, we know it.. vote NO against racism

[@peterRobinson10101]

We need to roll back the massive lands given to native title.

[@noelasandstrom9761]

Definitely, and they're using their tired, old victimhood to make themselves feel less like the thieves they are. BS on a massive scale

[@supernovaaust]

Like Indian giving? Great idea.

[@peterRobinson10101]

@@supernovaaust thats a very racist bigoted term you are using.

[@peterRobinson10101]

@@supernovaaust If you dont like that idea we can just extend native title to ALL Australians. problem solved.

[@supernovaaust]

@@peterRobinson10101 oh yeah... Indian giving. It is racist🤣🤣🤣 so native title to all Australians sounds like a great idea. I think everyone who is willing to assimilate into Indiginouse culture should have the right to native title no matter what their genetic history👍

[@Mrbullet1952]

i've said it before. check the personal wealth of Pearson, Langton et al. Where did the money go ?

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Including Gucci Burney 💪😡

[@pamrawolle2919]

Noel Pearson is one of the Richest Lawyer’s in Australia I read. He needs to be investigated my opinion.

[@peterbarnhoorn7879]

Andrew keep up the good work...the whole divisive Voice is unravelling..😊

[@derekbate9919]

but wasnt there pygmies here that the aboriginals ate.

[@batmanlives6456]

That’s the truth they don’t want to admit to

[@kirkc4696]

Yes!

[@KH-px1rg]

@@batmanlives6456 - would like to know more about the rituals they practices. So much has not been talked about.

[@rogertull8888]

@@securitycompromized THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS FIRST NATIONS, WE WERE NEVER A NATION AT BEST IT WAS FAMILY GROUPS, WHO FOUGHT ONE ANOTHER FOR RESOURCES DURING HARD TIMES. WE WERE NEVER A NATION AND ANYONE WHO CLAIMS WE WERE IS LYING

[@KurtBoulter]

It is so very sad, when the unintelligent, attempt to prove otherwise, usually prove themselves even more so. Audit Noel's organisations that receive taxpayer cash! Noel seems more like a taxpayer cash scammer, nothing more.

[@infidel202]

Where's the money Noel, more of this should be made public

[@soulfulfreedomheart2505]

I'm going to jump in here. Who remembers the aboriginal land council locking out tribal elders. Actually physically assaulting our elders. Keeping them locked bout of the process. I have not forgotten.

[@georgiacompton7427]

I wish there was some footage. I have a poor memory, but grateful to you and others to fill us in on past events that can contradict, even those that back up claims.

[@supernovaaust]

Like Mundine in the Redfern community when he sold the community to developers? Yes, remember it well.

[@user-ReachingForTheStars]

When why and how did this happen . Is it written I. History somewhere as it’s a truly awful thing to do . How many years ago ?

[@sarkastodon30]

First time I've heard Warren in a long interview. He seems to be an incredible hard working member for that area.

[@Barney_Rubble247]

Very narky noel.

[@deanhays6115]

Malicious Mayor

[@Barney_Rubble247]

@@deanhays6115 I like it. 👍

[@deanhays6115]

@@Barney_Rubble247 leery langton I think we're onto some thing

[@deanhays6115]

@@Barney_Rubble247 nope lethal langton

[@Tyt55]

What is needed is a forensic audit informing Australians where and to whom the annual tens of billions of hard earned tax dollars are being paid!

[@1949Matilda]

Same place all the ATSIC money went. Nepotism and tribalism is alive and well in the aboriginal industry - then and now. A fully transparent, audit of every government-funded aboriginal agency is long overdue. No political party is brave enough to do it!

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Trillions over the years 😡 Royal Commission....plus NAME and SHAME to deter others in the Future Not ASK.......DEMAND for one💪

[@jaisabai4155]

​@@AlanBoddy-fl2qp Agree. But no-one has the courage or integrity to do that.

[@rosriggs9728]

@@jaisabai4155 Untrue.... Jacinta Price and Kerrynne Liddle asked if they could attempt to find out ....and elbow said NO

[@lorrainevanvliet9930]

Its pretty simple ,just follow the MONEY.???

[@denisgately4701]

Has dear old uncle Noel ever offered a definition of who might be “Indigenous” and entitled to elect members of the Voice?

[@supernovaaust]

Each community will have their own method of choosing. As it should be

[@missnovaxx9992]

Straight from Noel Pearson's mouth - people born here are indigenous! If the 'yes' vote gets up, all people born in Australia need to start ticking the box ☑️ VOTE NO 🚫

[@georges9402]

He looks pretty well Fed for a black fella i definitely would not ask for directions in the bush

[@sirsillybilly]

I wonder how Noel talks when not on the podium. Such an affected cadence.

[@maxdoubt7680]

Yep, that 'affected cadence' seems to be an impersonation of say Martin Luther King.

[@edwardhlavka5843]

Everyone is indigenous.

[@Funstuff13613]

Well, I suppose they were some of the final nails in The Yes campaign coffin.

[@k20t30pl]

I also have seen these elite indiginous organisations ignore local aboriginal to only pocket the money for themselves. It happens all the time. They are the problem.

[@barbaraepye3895]

Then you need to report them.

[@Susan-yp7dz]

I am of Irish ancestry (53%). That said, I am indigenous to this country. I was born in this land, I reside in this land, many of my family stories are from this land. I am Australian. Mr Pearson....it may enlighten you to look up the actual meaning of the word 'indigenous.' My celtic ancestors were dispossessed of their land, ripped away from their familes, enslavened for many years, shackled, starved, opressed and beaten cruelly. Who pays reparations to us for the loss of our Irish culture, our ancestral heritage and family relations in Ireland, who we've never met. This is what happened to my great, great grandfather and grandmother, all because of their beliefs and their fight against their opressors and for sovereignty of their own land. They were part of the United Irish Rebellion. Because of this, my great, great grandfathers family were brutally murdered. These poor Irish wretches, the convicts, built the foundations on which this country flourishes today. No hand outs, no support, no health system, no education, no government housing, no money. How did they do it? Extreme hard work, determination and sheer grit. That's how. They worked their butts off to build a life for their familes in a harsh, hostile environment. As a result we all now enjoy tne fruits of their hard labour and have conveniences and comforts that all peoples in Australia enjoy today and that includes you, Mr Pearson and your mob. Encourage all Aboriginal folk to look forward and work toward the future. Australian taxpayers are under enough hardship as it is. No more..we owe you nothing. We all have a story to tell and many of our stories are equally sad. You're no more a victim of a tragic history than any other race of people within our country. Stop using racism as an excuse, it's divisive and the rest of us Aussie battlers don't deserve this treatment.VOTE NO. 😢

[@rogueelement8831]

Shell companies, and money laundering?

[@Dash829]

Should pay the rent with Sea Shells..

[@rogueelement8831]

​@@Dash829What do you mean?

[@kimyoung4554]

Pearson please go away.RETIRE. JNP 4 PM ❤

[@wildlifeinanaustralianback4173]

There needs to be a Royal commission to find out where all the money has gone and why it hasn't got to the people it was intended for. A good starting point would be Noel Pearson and fellow activists. It stinks of corruption. Vote NO to avoid the gravy train getting even bigger and costing the taxpayer even more than it currently does.

[@biglap.australia]

What I don’t understand is how does the likes of Noel Peason receive and have the right to administer $550 million dollars for communities of Cape York with no auditing, checks or specifed outcomes?

[@Bennie32831]

He said it if yes gets up we are all aboriginal the aboriginal population will go for 3% to 100% problem solved?

[@paulveenings6861]

Damn, I absolutely hate it when I agree with Bolt but agree I must.

[@Prognosis__]

I don’t agree with him at all about Ukraine

[@ianmoon5436]

If a white londoer made the same indigeanous claim as Pearson they are now eligable for a prison sentence for far right exrtream racisim.

[@rumpelstiltskin6252]

that $183.000 per person

[@jimmyboy2]

If it's not about race, then what does 1788 have to do with it? Us vs them, post 1788 vs pre 1788 ... seems race has everything to do with the voice from the father of the voice 😂

[@rogueelement8831]

Marcia Langton hides behind layers of other people, because she fears being exposed for who she really is. She's the wicked witch of the voice.😡

[@tin2001]

They think you're stupid. They think you can't remember further back than the last 30 second, catchy 1 liner that they came out with. You're not supposed to think critically.... just think like them. Then give them all your money.

[@supernovaaust]

It's about indiginous culture. You have heaps of people with indiginous dna who have given up their culture. Once the voice gets through all of tge sudden they will be wanting to return but will their communities accept them? I think not.

[@zwarst]

Who else thinks the voice is a native version of the comedy series Black Adder - without the laughs?

[@rogueelement8831]

It's more like the wizard of Oz.

[@stephenwade8093]

Heaven help us if Pearson is one of the 24, I vote for a Royal Commission in to Noel's $550 million handling of our money, infact all of the money, all 30 billion of it.

[@kenmoore7195]

I have watched Pearson over many decades and seen how he has honed his skills. Skills that have given him a nice place in the Aboriginal Hierarchy. His own people are scared of him because when it comes right down to it this GRUB is a BULLY . Nothing more and nothing less. He thinks that we are stupid and rightly so when we keep giving him money !

[@ozstraya84]

Most Australians already recognise our indigenous brothers and sisters because it's right to do so why does the government need to rewrite the very core of our laws to do the same,,,

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Albosleazy had to have LEGACY....😡💪

[@supernovaaust]

So you wouldn't have a problem with it. Because people acknowledge them already so it would just be a formality? Great point.

[@bonsaunders949]

To help the very poor

[@michaelschmidt1101]

If you are born in Australia then you are indigenous. Simple as that.

[@shanemossmoss]

As usual Andrew you are spot on keep up the good work

[@normabalmaceda4554]

Track down where the billions given to NOel Pearson. Audit/Royal Commission and make those responsible accountable to taxpayers.

[@themanhaslanded]

You're the voice, try and understand it, Make a noise and make it clear VOTE NOoooooo, vote NOoooooo

[@alliswell2114]

NO NO because there are already 3,278 Aboriginal corporations • 243 Native title bodies • 48 Land councils • 35 Regional councils • 122+ Aboriginal agencies • 3 Advisory bodies • 145 Health Organisations • 11 Indigenous Federal MPs • 12 Culturally important Indigenous days • Taxpayers give $30B annually for 984,000 people (3.8% of the population) • Expenditure per person in 2012-13 was $43,449 on Indigenous Australian compare to $20,900 on other Australians a ratio of 2.08 to 1 and increase from 1.95 in 2009. Senator Price says Australian taxpayers spend at least $100 million a day on direct support for Indigenous Australians. Every year $39.5 billion of direct government expenditure every single year. The figures are based on the 2017 Indigenous Expenditure Report produced by the Productivity Commission. Issues of racial and social injustices are hardly ousted by elevating and heightening race (cultural identification, credentials). Especially on a political level, but also within the wider community. The Voice to Parliament is all about adding a new “Elite Canberra-based bureaucracy” in the constitution rather than reconciliation or recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Australia has over 270 cultures, let’s embrace them all, but most importantly let’s embrace the Australians who make up our country first. NO

[@maxdoubt7680]

America has the MIC - Military Industrial Complex industry which does a great job of taxing us. Australia has our own MIC - Misappropriating Indigenous Complex Industry which does likewise.

[@georgesutter2256]

The aboriginal industrial complex breeding victims for the bleeding hearts.

[@dalecross689]

I noticed Noel got the big room. Unlike Jacinta who got the small room. Racist much?

[@actualfacts1055]

The National Indigenous Australians Agency is the Aboriginal Voice, we don't need another one in the Constitution forever.

[@GrumpyAustralian]

The taxpayers need to force an audit on all these various forms of AID to the various communities! Private individuals should not be allowed to get rich out of our taxes!

[@kaynine31]

No, its the $30 billion question. Time to do an audit on this crook. Do it Now.

[@credenza1]

I asked my Yes doorknocker (an intelligent political science student) if people like Jacinta Price and Warren Mundine would be appointed or elected to the Voice. He replied that there's was a very minority view and therefore they would not be elected. So regardless of the process, of elevation to the Voice (probably more in the way of aristocratic preferment than democratic election - a sort of House of Lords), it was confirmed that not all Aboriginal voices would be allowed, and that the Voice would be a moribund receptacle of tired ideas.

[@georgesutter2256]

Why don’t you talk about who was here before the aborigines

[@foggymountain660]

thanks Warren.

[@charlesstubbs385]

There were people here before the Aboriginals. The Aboriginals came across the land bridge and committed genocide on these original inhabitants.

[@simontyne3032]

Nonsense

[@kevindonaghey8483]

How many of the indigenous communities have actually been asked if they wanted the voice in the first place as even some of the locals at Uluru had said they never signed the statement but their names are on it

[@supernovaaust]

No one has ever said that. Vote no, it's your right but don't be a lying scumbag👍

[@imbetterthanyouis]

the original owners were pigmys , this is why it went from 40,000 yesrs to 60,000 years all of a sudden , funny though the aboriginals never mention giant mammals that roamed australia in that extra 20,000 years in theyre history but do make mention of the Dinderi or the Dimbilum or the Danagalalangur or the Kandju the little red people who were in living memory to the aboriginals only a few decades ago but its somehow racist to bring that up , always has been and you have to take our word for it but no digging around it a sacred sight yeah ok

[@aerogain]

mp Warren Entsch just hit the nail on the head, there is a problem at the grass roots level. 09:32

[@bushwhacked1835]

The one thing we have learnt in the YES campaign for the Voice is they have absolutely no interest in the experience of the ELECTED representatives at the coal face working with indigenous communities in regional areas where the most disadvantage is prevelant.

[@georgiacompton7427]

Very true! Has Noel Pearson defined those marginalised that need Voice and extra billions to 'close the gap'. The Voice we know what he is arguing, however, I would like to see some of the real disadvantaged and ask, "do they know Noel Pearson". Noel Pearson is a very greedy and selfish man who needs to live in the present so his people can move forward.

[@supernovaaust]

The voice is made up from community representatives from communities around Australia. Each community has its own way in which it brings forth its representatives. As so it should be.

[@bushwhacked1835]

Well, I don't have much time for self-aggrandizing community representatives dubiously 'brought forth'. There's a basic democratic principal in this country called a secret ballot, which produces transparent accountable elected representatives. It's not perfect, but for all its flaws, it is the best system we have.

[@supernovaaust]

@@bushwhacked1835 That's OK because it's not really your culture; hence the voice. The argument goes like this: according to the doctrines of maritime law in the 1700s , and I believe to this day, when a community of people are subjected by force they still have basic human rights. In fact these laws come from the Roman days. One basic human right afforded people is the right to practice their culture. This was a legal obligation of the British and hence the Australian Federation under international maritime law which should have included a conversation on how to make it work for both sides. This conversation has never officially existed. Australia is the only British Commonwealth where it hasn't. It is an unlawful act which is a tarnish on Australia's great reputation. Therfore, the signatories representing 1600 people from communities across Australia decided for themselves this approach. It must be remembered out of those 1600 less than 10 dissented. Where in democracy can you get more than 90% in agreement? It could be argued that this method produces better outcomes. Regardless, it's their culture and its up to themselves how they go about organising it.

[@AlanBoddy-fl2qp]

Thanks Warren !🙏Maybe you can lead a Royal.Commission into WHERE funds have gone.The peoples of The cape AND we the taxpayers Demand.not ask to know.,😡💪 Name and shame as a warning to others!!!! $50.MILLION😭

[@sunriseboy4837]

Fix your own "country" first, Noel!!!

[@chloeew4627]

I was waiting for Warren to do a ,,welcome to country ,, 😂😂😂😂

[@letstalk3265]

Interesting that Pearson et al are all getting paid through the public purse and have been for decades. If it's been so bad and so many gaps why are they taking the money. Isn't it tainted in the boohoo victimhood industry. That's why they all want a yes, to keep being wealthy beyond most Aborigines dreams of such affluence. These people are disingenuous and DO NOT REPRESENT First Nations peoples. The ones I have in my family and know through my life are stand up proud Australians. We all want to close all the gaps for all Australians.

[@AndyJarman]

The problem with a government that sees looking after people as their role is that they will inevitably be held to ransom by people who want to live off emergency aid. This has disabled our ability to look after each other by encouraging the idea we deserve community resources instead of being grateful for them.

[@silversurfer406]

Its a very simple equation; if you cured drug addiction overnight, drug counselors would cease to exist. If you cured alcoholism you would not need AA; if you cured crime overnight, we woudnt need the police; if you found a solution for "indigenous disadvantage".....?

[@georgiacompton7427]

Noel Pearson and his cronies would have to work for their money. To be fair funding has provided jobs and helped indigenous people, but why the hate, why the presumption of racism; moreover, why the belief that we are invaders all, still and owe them for eternity? Noel Pearson should watch out because he might be identified as a 'colonial master' and we his 'slaves'.

[@silversurfer406]

@@gppsoftware It's like being a "Diversity, Equity and Inclusion" officer in a University; the strategy is simple; conduct a loaded survey on DEI, create a "report" to highlight issues, then come up with solutions to solve them.

[@supernovaaust]

Exactly. That's why people like Price and Mundine are no. They riding the gravy train. Never seen an aboriginal in Italian suits till I saw Mundine.

[@rogermckinnon5738]

Not divide us by race, it already has. One people One Australia vote no to the voice.

[@AdrianaDuckworth-ce9mh]

So Noel Pearson is getting a good slices of the pie 🥧 🤔 can we stop given them so much money 💰 and get them to work

[@ericrochester8835]

He keeps the cash under his hat!

[@jillseys6780]

Very interesting Andrew. Very interesting that Mr Pearson has his hands in all the pies! I wonder how much of the pies he’s enjoying!!

[@tadeuszmichaelwlodarczyk3120]

SO PEARSON WHAT DID. YOU DO WITH THE 550MILLION FOR CAPE YORK PEOPLE???IN YOUR POCKET???

[@johnwoodrow8769]

Noel Pearson said in his speech that 'the voice' was needed to fix rheumatic heart disease in North Australian aboriginal children. Just so happened that this morning Sky had a 'yes' mob discussing this very issue. So I listened, past the description of the disease, its causes, etc .... waiting patiently to hear how 'the voice' was going to make a difference. I'm still waiting! Apparently a 'voice' in the Constitution is needed so local communities can become empowered to (a) wash their cloths, (b) wash themselves and the kids with soap, and (c) take the kids to the medical service if necessary if they get infections. THAT is truly it.

[@PrinceKima_12]

I also looked it up after hearing about this heart disease, and it's entirely preventable.

[@johnwoodrow8769]

@@PrinceKima_12 Yes, entirely preventable, by parents taking responsibility for the good hygiene of themselves and their children. And apparently if 'white man's' health authorities promote this message, just as they routinely do for all manner of public health issues to all Australians, then aboriginal people won't do it. They are only going to do it if the 'voice' get up. The nonsense the activist yes campaigners come out clearly demonstrates they are not responsible enough to be given 'special rights'.