Indigenous groups becoming increasingly angry ‘fake Aboriginals’ are taking jobs, grants

Sky News host Andrew Bolt says many Indigenous groups are becoming increasingly angry that “fake Aboriginals” are taking jobs, prizes, grants, medical services, handouts and power from “real Aboriginals”.
“And they are now calling it out,” he said.

[@kerravon4159]

If that dude is aboriginal, then so is every single Australian citizen on the continent.

[@nikitaw1982]

i'm sick of it. just say you are. while ur at it identify as a crippled woman. whole bunch of wank seems to be taking over. guy in south america identified as a woman in family court and got full custody of his kids. all fathers should do that so can get the same rights as the loonie karen mothers. why do they get given custody? pedophiles love single mothers. sex industry needs the runaway young girls with daddy issues. rich CEOS need young women graduates who will do anything to make the boss happy...the father figure they never had. makes majority men emotional cripples as well.

[@OG_Sigma87]

💯

[@geoh7777]

Maybe that's what he meant.

[@carmenstojkovic]

I will be claiming to be Aboriginal too if the voice gets up.

[@ZELJKO472]

If people think w have P's and men have V's then anything is possible.

[@bartosneville8793]

Are you going to sue? He is asked. I could hear him thinking, Oh shit, I cant do that. That would require a burden of proof to my Aboriginality that would be under scrutiny in a court of law. Not only that, it would be available to the public. Very good question to ask.

[@jackturpin7828]

I missed that bit, had to laugh when I read your comment.

[@brianterence3211]

It's easy to become an Australian aborigine. Check the definition for yourself. He would have naught to fear in Court.

[@janetblakey9099]

There should be no special grants for them, then this would not be an issue, everyone equal. 🇦🇺

[@russellmulligan3433]

Okay if we're equal.if one indigenous man has more qualifications and experience then the non indigenous man but then the non indigenous man gets hired anyway now you tell me if we're equal

[@janetblakey9099]

@@russellmulligan3433 when! On all the jobs I have gone for there has always been a box for indigenous people, never for white people.

[@sno7193]

Dead right

[@patrickgrant6389]

​@@iridium8341he speaks the truth white people would rather hire other white people if it was from government grants and acts the indigenous wouldn't even get hire

[@iankearns774]

​@@russellmulligan3433Same back the other way. Indigenous groups only hire indigenous people. Its been happening for years. An italian Pizza parlour when interviewing potential employees may favour an Italian candidate. Its human nature and happens everywhere. How many Muslim organisations hire Christians? WTFU

[@davidhandyman7571]

I had a friend who was in his 70's in the 1990's who was actually of aboriginal descent. He never made anything of it and just got on with life. That is the way it should be.

[@peterkelly6146]

In my 70 years I have never seen this country so divided, now it’s blacks and whites city and country the straights and the rainbow crowds and it’s growing everyday, Australia needs solidarity in these worrying times, we have to stop this talk about colonialism and get on with it, this country was going to be discovered by somebody and I for one am glad it was the English, amen.

[@oldgolfer7435]

If he was born in the 1920's he would not have been able to vote for 40 years. If he was caught drinking alcohol he would have been locked up. He or his parents may have worked on a sheep or cattle station for no wages, being paid in basic food. If he was living on the outskirts of any country town his abode would have likely been a sheet of tin in a creek bed, and he would not have been allowed in town after dark. If he was in a remote area living in the traditional way and killed a sheep through necessity he would have likely hunted down and killed himself. If he was caught he would have been conveyed in neck chains to prison. He would have to accept the fact that he was generally despised by the wider population to a far greater extent than the most pathetic migrant to what was once his country. Your friend must have been a wonderful example of forgiveness. Perhaps his decedents need a Yes vote?

[@BozesanVlad]

@@oldgolfer7435 Romanians, white, lived worst in the center of Europe until at least 1907 when a german king shot them protests with cannons and killed thousand. Your point is that only some people suffered? ALL people suffered and until you provide EQUAL FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS to ALL, you still stay divided as id1ots that you are. I don't know much about AU, but white grifters don't represent aboriginals, they just do what they claim other peole do: profit by dividing normal people, and profit from aboriginals and the rest of australians

[@mikael2807]

Yer because white's want a Jacinta price that's how all white Australians want aboriginal people to be like. Be a yes man we ain't equal your ancestors came here plundered and pillaged our country

[@spartanconscience2693]

They said the same thing about slaves.

[@cherylnelson5384]

Every other Australian, not indigenous, should be becoming increasingly angry, about what is going on. From NIAA documents obtained under FOI, April 2023, it lists a whole lot of things that will be claimed for indigenous people. Including, but not all, paying 50% income tax, early retirement, taxes to use beaches and waterways, land tax on your home. Vote No to apartheid of the most heinous kind.

[@robertmccabe8632]

Indigenous is a legal fiction to create the mental state of mind known as racism. Adam and Eve are your forefathers and jurisdictional point of Origin. Or you believe the lie that you are unimportant highly evolved smart pond scum.

[@kevinfergusson694]

Can dish it out ,but you can't take it.

[@kevinfergusson694]

Can dish it out to the Aboriginal people, but look and hear the panic in the white folks , they have never been oppressed and treated like dung, can dish it out ,but you can't take it.

[@Kwesekara1672]

@@kevinfergusson694 what are you talking about Kevin?

[@Kwesekara1672]

It’s all about greed, milking as much money as possible from non-aboriginal people & charging us rent for living in our own country. It should belong to all Australians, not just one race which, except for the remote outback Aboriginal people, are of mixed ancestry, live in the modern world & no longer rely on the land & hunting & gathering for survival..

[@bradgannon4412]

All Australians should have to provide any documents required to prove they are entitled to the benefits they are applying for. Why different rules that benefit a particular race? Isn’t that the definition of racism?

[@wyattfamily8997]

The Australian Human Rights Commission definition of Racism is : "Racism is the process by which systems and policies, actions and attitudes, create inequitable opportunities and outcomes for people, based on race." It's also a perfect definition of the "voice", with NON Aboriginals being the victims, by their exclusion from the voice, based on race.

[@goldenautumn3073]

Hear hear! What I want to know is, how come they've been aided and abetted into getting away with this by an Australian Labor government - and been 'paid' to do so?

[@freakyaussy]

It wouldn't be an issue if we were all treated equal .

[@DJDJDJ22]

This kind of funding is only allocated to people who run organisations whos main purpose is to fight disadvantage and poor outcomes caused by the general public discriminating against and vilifying Aboriginal-Australian’s. this sort of funding wouldn’t be neccasry if the general public stopped marginalising them and oppressing them by way of lack of opportunity or a fair go. So when someone says why do they get so many hand out’s you can tell them because without it they face a country that treats them like they don’t deserve a job or a decent life. When you make up 4% of the country, you only ever interact with sound 30% or that population max. I mean is it any wonder why there sis much racism towards them when people spend their whole lives not having any interaction with Aboriginal-Australian’s ?

[@aaronaaron6569]

It's less than 3%. I'm Aboriginal. We don't need your pity. Go away!

[@rgsnr8702]

all treated equally is a very broad church ,woke notions and socialism sees across the general population the do nothings expecting the achievers to pay for their life choices especially education

[@ibanborak]

@@DJDJDJ22 no. spent my whole life interacting with them, being racially abused by them, treated as second class cuz im white... not everywhere in australia is the same u know? u ppl in big cities havent got a clue how the world works outside of ya cities. all ive ever known is racially inequality towards white ppl, what country u been living in? when i was teenager looking for work, at the job center there was 2 boards with jobs available on them.... one everyone can apply for one board only black ppl could apply... how is that not racist??? black kids would gang up and fight white kids at school, the white kids would get expelled for defending themselves the black kids who gang bashed them would only get a suspension, again not racism??? black families got extra from the government for shoes for their kids while poor white families like mine didnt. these are just a few examples... im sorry u have no idea what racism actually means, but all ive known is racism against white ppl in australia. u are more likely to get a job if u are black in this country not the other way around, u get more funding from the government if your black and poor then u do if your white n poor...... giving one group of ppl more then another (opportunities, funding) simply because of skin colour is itself racist. ppl should be treated equally, we are all equal stop treating black ppl as if they are special and more important then white ppl.... neither are more important then the other, wish u racist f**ks would see this

[@AHD2105]

That's true. That's what I think but in a nutbshell. 😂😅

[@scottwilson9404]

This “voice to parliament” is going to divide Australia. It will not end well for all Australians if it goes through. My opinion….

[@noelasandstrom9761]

We're already divided because people like abo-Albo and tom 'the commo' mayo, who contrived the Uluru Statement and helped design the Voice is a dangerous, racist who wants to strip non-aboriginals of everything and give it to the indigenous. The treaty was his idea, along with reparations, land grabs, Pay the Rent and other apartheid proposals. I call for a DNA test for Mayo - he should be more than happy to do so if he has enough aboriginal/Torres Strait islander in his genes to justify his prestigious position. 🤑🤑🤑

[@reneesmith5619]

You are so right

[@sammyjones3500]

Getting people "green' who've only been here a day to vote on it is absurd.

[@goldenautumn3073]

And that of many, many others who have their heads on right.

[@SharonNewman-dd6gq]

if the yes vote gets in it would be through cheating like they always do All elections are stolen. . And it will destroy this country

[@dwaynejoyce1357]

Given the money involved, aboriginal heritage must be tested or the grift will continue.

[@wyattfamily8997]

$34 BILLION Per Year. and growing.

[@Amazin223]

You Caucasians ruin everything

[@paulkyriakopoulos3444]

The more money you spend the better the quality of life for the aboriginals it's simple easy labor party economics .

[@sharkbaitblu]

Agree, must submit DNA proof as well.

[@jameseddy5309]

DNA testing for all of them..

[@johndunn4182]

It's called fraud. Dishonest, lying people should be exposed...... and mocked. Well done to those looking into this.

[@robertwillis868]

Judging by his name, and his looks, Gordon Reid's heritage is mainly Scots. My great great grandfather was Jewish making me one sixteenth Jewish. The other fifteen sixteenths are Scots with a little Irish. I do not claim to be Jewish. These people claim to be aboriginal because they see a social and financial advantage in doing so. People should be proud of who they are no matter what your heritage is. This is what happens when some ethnicities are celebrated more than others.

[@johnkauppi7078]

If you are a smart aborigine,and there are some I know,you dont ever have to work.Find a woman have a few kids,you will get a house for life,$1000 a week benefits,free everything else.I see them driving $80,000 crew cabs and think where do they get money for those?

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

I'm proud of what I am and what I've done. Not who. Just a suggestion.

[@buildmotosykletist1987]

@@johnkauppi7078: They don't sound too "smart" to me they sound like lazy spongers.

[@nigelmorgan3449]

@@johnkauppi7078yep we used to call them Gin jockeys

[@kevinfergusson694]

Mate, your a mongrel breed, there's a lot of you westerner like that .

[@jschap712]

If the Voice passes, everyone in the country should follow his example and claim to be Aboriginal. If nobody is allowed to question this, or be required to prove it, that will ensure racial equality going forward.

[@utube6239]

It was/is the same in Canada...at first you couldn't find an native person..then when land claims was passed... native people were dropping off the tree limbs.

[@GG_Booboo]

Do you remember the $5 Indians in America? LOL?

[@xxtumblrlandwhalexx]

How about this, everyone gets treated equal, no job grants no special payments, no quotas. The best person for the job gets the job.

[@secularbeast1751]

tbh, I'm not sure how to define 'aboriginal' these days. Is it 100% of ancestry? 75% 50%? 25%? 12.5% 6.25%? or even1%? If your ancestry is, for example, 75% European and 25% aboriginal, why can't you identify as white? Is it a one drop rule? I really am confused by all of this.

[@Dylan_Mulvaney_OFFICIAL]

It should be, at least one parent has to be full blood aboriginal in order to claim aboriginality, like Jacinta Price.

[@joriankell1983]

This is why race mixing was traditionally banned and was even illegal in the US until the 60's. It's not about hate, it's about practicality.

[@howunacceptibleofme2145]

@@Dylan_Mulvaney_OFFICIAL There aren't many " full blooded" as you put it Aboriginals left ....

[@markhill9275]

​@Climate-Change-is-BS ahhh, you do realise that there are no full blood abos in Aus anymore. The last died in Tassie some time ago.

[@howunacceptibleofme2145]

@@markhill9275 they maintain the " full blood " by breeding within their own groups , i.e incest......

[@boydcole8901]

Most Australians are sick of the handouts being given out, the jobs, the university scholarships, life's tough for many Aussie battler families. They all deserve a fair go, and equal rights, based on your ability to support your family, not your racial background.

[@stephenmassey9845]

No race should be given special treatment anyway, we should all be equal, as far as I am aware Aboriginals can vote, receive benefits and medical care. So what's the problem here?

[@noelasandstrom9761]

It's called entitlement. But taxpayers are tired of the Pity game. A lot of people need to build a bridge over the past and get over it. NO to any constitutional change as Aboriginals are already covered. And NO never to any more special privileges as this foolhardy voice promotes. When is Labor going for a leadership challenge - this is the perfect time, with Albosleezy much less popular than polls suggest. Either Labor tosses him or all us very unhappy voters will ensure Labor doesn't see the light of day for decades to come

[@pablovalentine8976]

Everyone is missing the point here it is the Aborigines that are allowing this to happen , i have seen it myself many times ,Virtually all you had to do was recognize yourself as a Aborigine and have a elder clarify that you are a part of their community and they made it official.

[@tinkingtinking2134]

Yep, that's correct. My best friend is an Elder, im a white Australian and we talk about this alot, im bot happy about it. He has just made is non biological white son an Aboriginal and the community have excepted it so he can get the benefits. He has offered to make me one and I've declined, im happy being a white non indigenous Australian. My ancestry is African American and English, and I've recently found out im a decended of the Vikings. That's what I will be passing down to my children, grandchildren and great grandchildren......the truth.

[@chrisruss9861]

There's nobody like Andrew Bolt. Glad he will be around in the media for another two years.

[@Fighting_Fatigue_117]

Or more.

[@chrisruss9861]

@@skj5139 It was impossible for Pell to have committed alleged offences in Cathedral, based on timing etc. Bolt courageously went against the mob and pointed this out and the highest court ultimately judged this to be so. In the Lindy Chamberlain dingo (wild dog) case Australians and media turned into a mongrel mob accusing her of having murdered her baby. They had all sorts of weird ideas about her religion. It took years for her to be cleared. Emotion and prejudice often get in the way of dispassionate fact finding. In today's me too setting accusers can be opportunists or have false memories.

[@stronghold6315]

@@chrisruss9861Well said👍

[@sarahreid48]

yep we need him

[@veenacriddle1207]

Yes not happy he defended Pell as child abuse is just disgusting

[@mandiigraham1596]

You can thank the labour government They declared that aboriginals do not have to prove originality. I personally know of cases in the past that they just have to tick the box and let the money roll in. This has to change.

[@Conky769]

Good- now look at who's been getting the arts grants and *free university* funding.. whilst the 'rest of us' pay 'full fees'

[@wyattfamily8997]

While the rest of us CAN'T AFFORD full fees you mean.

[@goldenautumn3073]

It's hard to believe this has even been ALLOWED in Australia, let alone aided and abetted - and by someone claiming to be a PM over a democracy!

[@davidhandyman7571]

"A mistake could have been made", but he claims his grandmother is an elder. Let's ask her and the other ""aboriginals" from the central coast. I am old enough to remember when people would deny aboriginality or never mention it. By the way, look up "aboriginal" in a dictionary and it says "indigenous". Look up "indigenous" and it says, "born in or natural to a country". That means everybody who was born in Australia is an Australian aboriginal.

[@RonHarbeck-s8n]

So right!

[@jujumaccas]

Well that’s happened forever - when all you have to do to ‘identify’ is tick the box, you’re on the gravy train for life.

[@wazzanose]

If the government were to give special benefits for left handed people, the number of them would increase dramatically overnight. Many would still use their right hand as the dominant hand but claim to "identify" as a left hander.

[@williamtyndale1402]

If you can change your gender why can't I change my race ?

[@trufflesufflephatboy3437]

Why not 🤷 hahaha the woke mob is that ridiculous you might pull off a miracle 😂😂

[@number37]

Fair enough i suppose they’ll ruin it for themselves with the nonsense

[@tinkingtinking2134]

You can, anyone can say they are Aboriginal by signing a declaration thats all,no proof.

[@stephenjohnson2800]

Yeh, this character Reid will as likely as not turn out to have been born female😂😂😂😂😂😂 or perhaps thats the next reincarnation🤔

[@bradmacoz]

you mean breed, we are all the same race… HUMAN RACE. :-). german Shepard or sausage dog, they are dogs etc etc

[@BushCampingTools]

LOL, well only in Australia could this BS happen and people just go along with it.

[@MrCSutton]

I live in England. If I self-identify as Aboriginal, how much money will you send me please? No amount will be too large. Thank you.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

😊😂🇦🇺❤️

[@Amazin223]

Doesn't work like that you idiot. Nice try though.

[@timothy6283]

Will send a crate of boomerangs u can flog to tourists

[@smitajky]

There is a big difference between being PREDOMINANTLY aboriginal, living as a traditional aboriginal did, and having some vague or tenuous link to being "aboriginal". The most recent definition of aboriginal is completely absurd and would, over a century or two ensure that every single person in Australia would be potentially classifiable as aboriginal.

[@davidnapier2971]

Why is the abbo flag front and centre in the Australian parliament,?

[@dontbeasheeple5883]

I know, it grinds my gears every time I see it. It's done on purpose too I bet.

[@davidjohn8589]

That is why we must vote NO .. Then vote Albanese out

[@brettmitchell6431]

There is only one National Flag.

[@meredithisme3752]

It's not recognised by anyone we call it the fried egg

[@Kwesekara1672]

@@andrew6526that’ll be next, & then the LBGTIQ+ transgender flag.

[@Tyt55]

I think there should be a forensic audit of the funds that have been paid to indigenous people and groups to ensure that the funds have been spent CORRECTLY and not lined the pockets of the indigenous elites!

[@anthonycowles3153]

Reidy knows the perks available under the indigenous banner , he's jumping in early to allow for a life of privilege under the voice .

[@melhawk1352]

He's angling for a spot on the voice committee.

[@Maxindifference]

Yeah, but the voice ain’t going to win

[@philipgibbs5751]

We should all tick "yes" and wreck the system.

[@rickfromhove3324]

No proof means you’re a fake - thank you Andrew.

[@Sparky_D]

*You're*

[@EllataylorakaMarisa]

Calling someone “auntie” doesn’t make you indigenous.

[@richardandrews7538]

@@EllataylorakaMarisa Transphobe!!

[@EllataylorakaMarisa]

@@richardandrews7538 moron!!

[@lexxel01]

when anthony albanese pledged an oath/affirmation on the kings coronation he then proved that in 2022 that there was no lawful constitutional elections within australia and thus every single member of parliament is in fact impersonating a commonwealth government when they are not commonwealth officials the king of the united kingdom based on magna carta and the constitution of this nation was there required to refuse his oath due to the fact anthony albanese was impersonating a commonwealth official and david hurly was impersonating a governor general so the whole voice referendum has no legitimacy - as there is no commonwealth official at all to hold a referendum let alone change the constitution in any way the whole of the media is currently promoting legitimacy to this referendum - cause there is no yes or no vote that is valid - this means every single media station in this country is promoting sedition and treason gough whitlam in 1973 created a false fraud entity of queen of australia and deviation of the oath/affirmation has been done from the constitution - they have no rights to deviate - the parliament also through treason declared themselves sovereign which is a complete utter joke and shows how mentally retarded they are - Bob Hawk was not the prime minister to australia as he did not pledge the oath/affirmation and he bestowed the australia act 1986 without referendum thus committing high treason and this corrupted the civilization so much that a lawful election cannot be held including the 2022 election which had no validity If you want to cancel all debts in australia, retain your land rights, you also get to retain your bill of rights within magna carta and have a government that is underneath the people meaning the people are the absolute authority over the government, truly having our civilization back lawfully - then research what i am stating cause every single member in parliament is not lawful and many of them are in major sedition and treason - right now you are witnessing a fraud called anthony albanese with self declared communist trying to bestow a referendum outside all law within treason to wipe out this nations constitution and also destroy the sovereignty of all people living in the country including aboriginal people - right now under true constition all of us we the people are sovereign also forget the term sovereign citizen - cause the term is nonsensical - a citizen is a municipal servant of the state, sovereign is without ruler only bowing down to god if they believe in god and the state is not above them - we are living beings and a government is created by living beings to serve living beings - right now you are witnessing those violating the government and nation for their own power lusts and they care nothing about anyones future - research what i state and save a future for yourselves and your future generations - our anzacs fought and sacrificed their lives for our freedoms and constitutional rights

[@Parawingdelta2]

I emigrated to Australa fifty three years ago before the current citizenship laws were in place as they exist today. In those days we were all considered 'British Subjects'. So, with all the entitlements and obligations (like conscription for military service) I saw no real imperative to become 'naturalised'. Last year, I finally became an Australian citizen and after returning home from the ceremony, my son presented me with a boomerang. If I take the boomerang with me, can I get a free ticket to the opera?

[@cristiona22]

No - only a reduced price ticket 😂

[@chadjcrase]

Why do they always have to be a 'proud' member of their particular, alleged tribe?

[@lappo2534]

That's racist you white dogg!!!

[@TheRoswellCode]

Are they going to march in a parade?

[@seekerout]

Maybe because pride comes before a fall.

[@noelasandstrom9761]

Funny, one would think living off others' hard work all your life would take away a lot of people's pride. It would mine

[@marktanska6331]

I'm always keen to partake in the 33 billion. I always want to hit the "aboriginal Torrens Islander button" on any surveys or government forms. Hey, I could slip in. I was born in Finland. But I was aboriginal there. Why not here???

[@mitchmccarron8337]

So coming out as Aboriginal is now a profitable exercise... If the Voice gets up, native elders will be rich icons indeed, able to endow new privilege onto those who pay enough .. I wonder how many will have a go at the same exploit? Mitch, Gippsland.

[@JosephCowen-ru7up]

The "Voice" will not win it is currently 86 percent " no"!

[@vanessalee5532]

In the 2017 census there was a sudden increase of 100000 people who identified as Indigenous. From then on we have seen a constant increase of sudden identifiers with minimal questioning. When Linda Burney was approached with a report about the numbers from a statisticians . She responded with data is not everything. And here we are!

[@thepanel2935]

Constant and continual problems. Decades of heavy spending on the indigenous has achieved _nothing._

[@noelasandstrom9761]

Exactly, that's why we need to go in the opposite direction now. Self-responsibility, accountability and no more handouts, benefits etc that non-indigenous aren't entitled to. That's why Voice is so racist and dangerous. NOs all round at referendum

[@lesteraizlewood8457]

Anybody could see this coming. Where money is concerned, you will always find those who will rort and plunder the funds without regard to those who are genuinely in need. Bring in compulsory DNA testing and watch them run.

[@Marina-tx2ok]

These days you can identify as a tree and noone has the right to question

[@colinjones5100]

I am now identifying as the ONLY indigenous aboriginal and I should get ALL the money to help me get over my trauma!

[@rongt859]

All identifying as aboriginal will be the roadmap to equality for all Australian

[@argeebargee]

There was once a very fair skin, blue eyed, curly blonde friend of one of my kids in year 3, of European descent. The story must have gone something like this prior to starting the NAPLAN test. Teacher: "if you are aboriginal, tick this box". All that was heard was "tick this box", so it was ticked. The test papers were submitted, and the pupil duly listed as aboriginal. Still is....

[@netwarrior1000]

There's a big difference between acknowledging and being proud of having ancestry, and actually claiming to be aboriginal. Problem is, it's too easy to do the latter, and benefit from it, with no evidence.

[@savagegfry]

The elites are against DNA verification, because some of the Voice activists are fakes! Mayo, half Philipino, half European, Marcus Stewart, the red haired bloke in the hat, 100% Scottish, but pushes the idea that if you identify as, you are. And why not? Kids can identify as a cat, and that's OK, right!

[@joanamasora2884]

Everyone I know has faked being aboriginal why not do it. Iv payed my taxes and been ripped off from the government

[@tonyabrown7796]

Should they benefit from it even if they are aboriginal?

[@joanamasora2884]

Who cares fill out the AB010 form at Centrelink forge the authoriser section. They'll never question it through fear of being sued for discrimination and you get your benefits for life for you and eternal generations.

[@joanamasora2884]

Just rip off the government they rip.the people off

[@gregbuckley1078]

So much trouble in our world and we are arguing of what colour and race we are. Wake Up you fools you are all being had. We are HUMANS.

[@ralphmogridge8364]

It's been happening for decades!!! ...... nothing to see here!!!

[@neilsaddington1638]

I find it amazing that some find this to be news! It has been so obvious for so long that there are many who have sought to profit by claiming to be of Australian Aboriginal heritage, just as it has been obvious that there are those making false claims along these lines. To me it is just inconceivable that one should be either advantaged, or disadvantaged by any racial attribute, however, here we are, trying to embed racial differentiation of Australians, within our constitutional framework! The voice to Parliament "Yes"campaign is the most divisive initiative I have ever witnessed and the dumbest thing I have ever seen our politicians propose. It is racist in the extreme and places the vast majority of Australians on the democratic margins. If we hold the idea of a democratic and egalitarian Australian political system to be an objective of our democracy. We must see that this proposal makes no advances towards that ideal, however, it does advance the notion that we should be divided by racial and cultural types. Can anyone explain rationally to me why there should not also be Anglo, Chinese, Indonesian, Russian, Italian, Greek, Vietnamese voices to parliament as well? We are either a unified democracy or not. Either unity is an objective of our political processes, or it isn't. I am very tired of sitting quietly, whilst someone reads a welcome to country to me, as though I may not be welcome in my country, except by the say so of someone else, of a specific racial type. To continue along this path of racial division will only bring civil unrest and ever increasing disunity to Australian society. It will not heal anything and will tear open old wounds. It is obvious that disunity is already an outcome of this debate. Stop this insanity now, before it is too late!

[@shiningknight4267]

Sadly, a successful yes vote will set a precedent for other groups to want their own voice, too. I have been aware of this for a good while now.

[@Inimitable]

They all belong to the Gimmimunni tribe, Andrew.

[@ZELJKO472]

Givemegivemegiveme tribe.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

❤️😂🤣😉

[@reshs7362]

Gimmemoney tribe

[@mckenziehellenann]

😂❤

[@noelasandstrom9761]

And don't forget the poormegummi tribe 😅

[@vinceelliott4362]

Thank you Mr Bolt. Please do keep up your good work....

[@Kwesekara1672]

As far as I’m concerned people who look white & are not disadvantaged should be treated like the rest of us with no special rights or privileges.

[@actualfacts1055]

Make that everyone anyway.

[@joriankell1983]

So... Second class citizens?

[@markhill9275]

Ahhhh WRONG! Everyone should be treated the same, no special treatment, full stop!

[@Kwesekara1672]

@@markhill9275people should be helped on a needs basis rather than on one of race.

[@r1nkyd1nk66]

People should get help on a case by case needs basis. There should never be a "you don't qualify for help because you aren't Aboriginal".....that's just racial discrimination.

[@BrucePotter]

If there is no ancestral evidence required to claim aboriginal ancestry then we may as well all register as aboriginal. For example the recent WA heritage and cultural laws could be mute if the landholder identifies as aboriginal and conducts their own heritage assessment. And of course we can all then claim reparations.

[@noelasandstrom9761]

Is that how abo-nese got in then because no one seems to have voted this poor little liar in?

[@brettmitchell6431]

Fraud is a criminal offence. In WA, the maximum penalty is seven years prison. There’s a long list to prosecute. We are going to need a few new prisons to contain the most egregious offenders.

[@ZELJKO472]

You need to build a big prison to hold all the politicians in.

[@ricochet2977]

We can open up Fremantle prison for the frauds, it’ll be nice and comfy in there.

[@ZipJoy]

@@ZELJKO472took the words out of my mouth 😂

[@deandouglas8784]

If men can identify as women, then shouldn't it be alright to identify as aboriginal 😂😂😂

[@Mar--Mar]

@@deandouglas8784 This.

[@morganoox3838]

I identify as aboriginal. I was born here, and so were my parents.

[@no.7-ot9yc]

If you were born in China would that still make you Chinese even though your parent migrated from India?

[@morganoox3838]

@@no.7-ot9yc if your parents are born in India, and immigrated to the UK, ans you were born there, are you British? You would say you are. So why are Australians not Australian?

[@no.7-ot9yc]

@morganoox3838 no you are not a British just because born in UK you will have the same citizenship as parents. And nationality and ethnicity are not the same.

[@MollyMarine]

Identity politics have entered a new stratosphere. Who would have thought giving benefits based on ancestry (in the modern day) could cause a myriad of problems 🙃

[@kevinfergusson694]

That the problem of non indigenous folks Natalie, they don't think before they act.

[@noelasandstrom9761]

Ancestry is just a cover for the real issues - assuring their own failure by living off taxpayers instead of getting a job and contributing to society. But that would mean getting off the lounge - why work when it's easier to leech off others? If it wasn't a con job, wouldn't the billions paid out every year have improved, rather than stifled, Indigenous lives? Saying NO to Voice as well as NO to any constitutional change would help turn lives around, especially when all extra benefits are firmly put aside

[@kevinfergusson694]

@@noelasandstrom9761 So you think it's only Aboriginal people that lounge around,pulling cones and collecting the dole, what about the other 96% of Australians, are they all workers?, are they all tea totalled,?do they all do drugs, you know, coppers, Ds, judges , physiologist say that, serial killers and paedophile are predominantly White. Your DNA is Mixed Europeans, with a dash of Dishonesty, greed, violence and Bisexuality. Had to do something on a long voyage aye.

[@damobrown1018]

I see lots of companies saying they support first nation's people but I don't see too many hiring them ??????? I personally think everyone should be treated the same

[@douglasnakamura6753]

Through Reid, his Great Great Grand Children can claim to be proud Wiradjuri people, getting priority access to many jobs over people with more merit.

[@netwarrior1000]

There absolutely needs to be some kind of evidence and rules, such as DNA, especially if one wants to benefit financially from the taxpayer. It's pretty easy to get nowadays so no excuse for not requiring it.

[@wyattfamily8997]

A guy I know said that if an Aboriginal person says they can't attend a job interview because of car problems ( petrol, tyres, registration etc.) the Government provides financial assistance to rectify the problems to enable him to attend.

[@elizabethblackwell6242]

I know someone in Pemberton WA whose parents came to Australia as ten pound Poms who is running The Voice Yes campaign down there and who claims she is a proud Wandergarup person. For all of her prior 60 years she was known in the community as Czechoslovakian. Of course she's receiving government grants for her new found heritage.

[@whiskeygamer9402]

Fake Indigenous Band Wagon. Lol

[@johngeier8692]

Hundreds of thousands people are involved.

[@kazdean]

We should all claim to be Aboriginal if the voice gets up or we will have less rights in our own country.

[@RonHarbeck-s8n]

Good one!

[@sharonleis1365]

In Canada we have the same issue. Everyone claims aboriginal background because in Canada there are perks the rest of us do not get. My co-worker tried to get status as a first nations person but he was only one eighth so he didn't qualify. 😅

[@FREEDOM-ysbzh]

*eighth call centre says you are EAASL

[@Dylan_Mulvaney_OFFICIAL]

Yeah it's rampant through the woke west..

[@user-tx2nv1rb9k]

I personally think we should give these titles to everyone who asks and then sacrifice them for the common good(minus the actual aboriginals of course because we need ACTUAL genetic diversity for the betterment of our bloodline)

[@macharrington7733]

In the US if you are 1/256 Cherokee you get benefits...

[@wyattfamily8997]

Does it require a DNA test or how was it decided he was 1/8th.?

[@kathywheatley6014]

I am angry to, where is my grant, medical services, handouts, prizes. god they have nothing better to do than complain

[@fergie8716]

If everyone treated equally, probably wouldn’t be a problem, aye

[@phuckendeadly]

I'm a very proud Wiradjuri man born at Wellington NSW & never known of the Central Coast being within the Wiradjuri boundaries. So maybe Gordon Reid may have to present himself in front of the Voice once they're elected to confirm his COA.

[@swagmanexplores7472]

Vote NO

[@AraratGold]

Time for DNA testing. If you're less than 50% YOU ARE NOT ABORIGINAL ! 🙄🙄

[@colinmunro7337]

He's proud of his aboriginal heritage,one of his ancestors invented a stick

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

😂🤣

[@wyattfamily8997]

But it was a "pointy" stick I guess.

[@colinmunro7337]

@@wyattfamily8997 no he was a thinker,it was the hollow stick😉

[@jamedmurphy4468]

His other ancestors conquered the man with a stick

[@JosephCowen-ru7up]

Yeah a culture that stood in the rain for 45 thousand years and never built a thing , not one of them thought to put a roof over their head, wow that's a lot to be proud of ! And the original Australians please , they were Indonesians who island hopped down about 45 K years ago ! Oh no ask them they have always been here !

[@EllataylorakaMarisa]

Member of the labor party = suddenly indigenous

[@jc7671]

It should the last full blooded indigenous relative has to only be three generations ago. Once you are one-eighth or less, your bloodlines & you have assimilated into Australian society. You are an Australian with some indigenous heritage.

[@remittanceman4685]

You offer goodies exclusively to people of a particular trait and guess what? Loads of people suddenly announce they have that trait and rush the queue for those goodies. Especially when public and social policy means they can slander and berate anyone who doubts their claim in the most heinous way.

[@noelasandstrom9761]

Insults only hurt if you respect those making them. Rest of the time, it's a comedy show 😂

[@thepanel2935]

Whenever you fill out government forms and paperwork of any kind, one question always asked, _ad nauseum,_ is whether you are "Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander", because there's plenty of bonuses and benefits available to you if you are!

[@douglaswasley1461]

Great work Andrew...Looking forward to the next fakes..

[@Antonio-uw6ue]

Suddenly everybody is aboriginal,not long ago lot of people call them bad names

[@JosephCowen-ru7up]

They still do ! If the shoe fits !

[@pennywallace9362]

20 years ago these people would have been ashamed to have an aboriginal heritage......

[@KOdi766]

Sounds like someone here int US who is in congress who said she is this much Native American.

[@lesboully5967]

I'm also Aboriginal even though my mother was English and my father was from France. Might as well get in on the band wagon as well.

[@flyonthewalltheatre]

VOTE NO.

[@DaveWrealLocal]

😂 how about Everyone is treated equally. No special grants, job or Extra welfare payments

[@ausjo8352]

Only the Indigenous can push for this. If we do it is racist. Like I have suggested before if they do a dna test to research why they are prone to health issues or look for heritage diseases (besides not looking after themselves) This will eliminate this question. Do the Indigenous want to help understand their health by dna testing? It would also help with future claims. Also why are the Police not investigating these claims?

[@noelasandstrom9761]

Seems anybody can jump on the gravy train these days. DNA tests should be mandatory before anyone gets even $1, thanks

[@noelasandstrom9761]

There will be a hell of a lot of people going to jail, that's for sure

[@johncoupland6359]

I have no problem with the genuine First Nation's People being able to access assistance that our Government has made available to them, but I don't think that Australian taxpayers should be deceived into paying huge amounts of money for people who identify as indigenous Australians, but don't have any proof. It's extremely confusing that someone with only a small percentage of Indigenous bloodlines of DNA can somehow claim to be a Real First Nation's Australian and this is what the Albanese Government would rather cover up , especially while his Voice to Parliament campaign is failing miserably, because of the list of lies he didn't want the Australian public to know about. I am a proud Australian citizen and I have the utmost respect for the tourism that our genuine First Nation's indigenous Australians contribute to our economy, but when it comes to the people who claim to be indigenous, because their might have been an indigenous bloodline from several generations that have passed, then in all reality they are just another Australian citizen , who shouldn't be able to access any of the indigenous welfare, housing, health care, education benefits, etc, etc, etc and they shouldn't be treated any different than the rest of the Australian public. I'm definitely voting NO to the Voice to Parliament, because it won't help genuine First Nation's people and it will only help those who have no real proof of indigenous heritage and the suburban indigenous who only want the Voice to Parliament to pass , so they can reap the benefits and the enormous cash splash that hardworking taxpayer's are going to have to fork out.

[@atillathehungry3145]

Why should non-aboriginals NEED to do this in order to get benefits they are excluded from because of their race?

[@Hentai-Semite]

Elizabeth Warren parasites are everywhere.

[@paulfri1569]

Good point 👉

[@lappo2534]

Tick the box

[@wyattfamily8997]

Because it has many financial advantages to being recognised as Aboriginal in Australia, and no requirement to actually prove it. An Aboriginal woman I listened to some weeks ago suggested that there was likely to be around 300,000 that claim Aboriginal Heritage but aren't. I understand that since the last Census the claims to being "Aboriginal" has grown by 25%

[@joanamasora2884]

I'm claiming and I have an Irish birth certificate loooool. Why not I get all the free money and so do my kids and generations that follow😂😂😂😂

[@goldenautumn3073]

Thank God for Sky News - the only channel you can get some truthful FACTS from. We in Australia have been kept in ignorance far too long.

[@sarahreid48]

AGREE - can't stand the ABC, SBS or Channel Nine - what the Hell do the Hosts, Producers and Directors think they are doing?

[@susanc4622]

The thing is, to claim welfare as an aborigine, you need to be accepted as such by a council. A lot of Australians possibly have an aboriginal ancestor somewhere so how are members of the Voice going to be chosen?

[@cameronjames3499]

"how are members of the Voice going to be chosen" Being far left communists will be the main qualification.

[@joanamasora2884]

I fake the land council documents off the internet now everyone I know are aboriginals. It's easy

[@tannerpayne4384]

They’ll be elected by indigenous peoples around the country to form a panel that’ll advise the government on how policy and law changes might affect indigenous people and remote communities

[@graemesydney38]

The referendum question does not specify the 'how' but albo has said they will be "appointed" by such organisations as the yet-to-be-formed S.A. Voice, and the Vic Aboriginal Council. So politicians, activists and the urban elite aboriginals will be deciding who will represent traditional aboriginals. 'Out of the fry pan and into the fire', lord help us, what coupled possibly go wrong with politicians appointing politicians.

[@joanamasora2884]

@@graemesydney38 well definetly going to make my voice heard even if everyone I know is a fake aboriginal. We will be pushing to make the white people get the same as aboriginals

[@LoneStranger0]

This bloke's no more Aboriginal than I am!!!

[@actualfacts1055]

We should all be automatically qualified as Aboriginal unless we opt out, only seems fare.

[@tannerpayne4384]

That doesn’t even make sense guy

[@actualfacts1055]

@@tannerpayne4384 In other words we should all be treated the same unless some of us want less privileges than others.

[@tannerpayne4384]

@@actualfacts1055 okay are you putting your hand up to have less privileges? I think anyone who says shit as low IQ as you should have privileges taken from them 😂

[@arnolddavies6734]

Fair, not fare. ( Courtesy of the spelling police.)

[@actualfacts1055]

@@arnolddavies6734 Oops typo.

[@eliezra6098]

Australians losing their grip on reality, it seems

[@George-rv3rt]

Mr Bolt, if I walk past an Aboriginal, does that qualify me for the privileged position. Looking at some of these claimants, that is about the total sum of their contact with these people.

[@captmisha]

Like putting fake names to places, towns and cities, like coming up with "traditional" rituals. Like having one language for all 500+ dialects, like demanding more money/the voice/rent etc and bugger the REAL Australian pure blood Aborigine who ends up with fkAll!!

[@brucegordon5312]

There appears to be two kinds of people in Australia, those who are aboriginal and those who wish they were aboriginal

[@raymondwilliams5661]

Don't think so mate 😂

[@brucegordon5312]

@@raymondwilliams5661 I wasn't including myself

[@allanlansdowne340]

Everyone born in Australia is Australian,. Why should modern Australia pay for something thousands of years ago.

[@JosephCowen-ru7up]

Yes don't include me, !

[@toddhellyar4167]

"Identify"......don't blame people for playing by their rules

[@ciobalina7445]

If he lied, he is a fool. Not to mention a certified narcissist.

[@wyattfamily8997]

Or a profiteer.

[@barrymcdougal4816]

HOW ARE THESE FRAUDS NOT BANNED FROM ANY POLITICAL POSITION FOR LIFE --- OR ARE THE OTHER RABBLE FRIGHTENED OF BACKLASH.

[@dominicgalante9753]

WELL WE MIGHT AS WELL BE ALL ABORIGINAL ........THIS VOICE IS DIVISIVE THIS VOICE IS DANGEROUS THIS VOICE IS COOKED GONE VOTE NO

[@adamosadca5240]

Even a singular person falsely claiming aboriginal ancestry is too much.

[@brianmackenzie5692]

If there was to be a voice, that voice should be from 100 percent full blood Aboriginals. Those who colonised way back are being blamed for anything and everything. Any of the colonialist blood mix should disqualify them from any connection to the voice.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

Great point indeed ... Andrew should bring it up...

[@kimnielsen5692]

We all will declare if the voice gets up

[@JohnDoe-hp5nn]

If this guy claims he is aboriginal, then so is Rita lol❤. I love Rita and she deserves to be an aboriginal too

[@alwaysright3718]

There are 26 million aboriginals in Australia...

[@jujumaccas]

Indigenous perhaps, not aboriginal.

[@melhawk1352]

If my kids could get a guaranteed CSP (Commonwealth Supported Place) in the university course of their choice and a heavily subsidised tertiary education, I'd be temped to 'identify as' ...