Suburban Statement from the Head

[@kerrynball2734]

I live in a remote location, My parents didn't pass school to year 10, My nearest high school is more than 50km away, the unemployment rate in my council area is 10% above the national average. My school is below average on ATAR. Cast the net any way you like to identify disadvantage, but leave race out of it if you want to avoid division and sowing racism.

[@shanehansen3705]

yep where you live affects you quality of life no matter what

[@douglasjohn3544]

Small town 60 kays to school I only completed grade 7 I'm part aboriganal my grandmother was half aboriganal but I don't dwell on that like a lot of aboriganal people do im not rich don't own a house don't have super to look forward to but I manage but if you do live remote you do have more of a financial struggle so it's a BIG NO FROM ME AND ALSO EVERY PERSON BORN HERE BELONGS TO THIS LAND IT'S THEIR BIRTH PLACE IT'S WERE THEY GROW THEY HAVE A SPIRITUAL CONNECTION TO LAND FLORA AND FAUNA GET THAT IN YOUR HEAD albajerky you non australian SCUM

[@cobar5342]

Agreed, rural Australia is not a paradise for anyone

[@anthonycarr7466]

I read your comments, Kerry’s, and I identify with some of the disadvantages that you outline. But I don’t think The Voice is about race. It is about our First Australians because, no matter which way you cut it, they ,as a whole, represent some the most disadvantaged people in the country. So The Closing the Gap report was commissioned. We are no closer to closing the gap. So The Voice is their response to this terrible problem.

[@anthonycarr7466]

Sorry, Kerryn!

[@Grumpy-sy7wr]

That is brilliant Wesley. Your Suburban Statement from the Head has hit the nail right on the..... umm, head!.

[@freakyaussy]

Spot on ,

[@stephaniescanlan2807]

Spot on, my brother! I love listening to your kind voice. Such a simple solution, yet government complicate the matter!

[@pardalote]

Yes, he has such a kind, peaceful, and thoughtful way of talking. 🌼

[@francesblabey3055]

Oh Wesley, you're so right. Bravo.❤👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@whatdoesfreedomlooklike]

You have my vote.

[@ValerieParker-r7c]

So obviously the right ideas, just wish everyone thought this way,

[@Jagungal]

Well done ... very insightful.

[@terrydrew6245]

Love it. Statement from the head. Your spot on. I dont think im racist but i know im a realist.

[@brucewymond5138]

Fantastic summary of where we need to go, let’s get rid of the Voice and get on with making changes for all disadvantaged Australians. 👍

[@chrismiddleton9088]

A wonderful statement Wesley. There are many indigenous Australians who have made a fantastic contribution to the Australasian way of life, to the economy, the arts, music and sport etc.. Many are not disadvantaged so to categorize then as such in one general racial groping is disingenuous. We need to clearly identify those Australians (not just the indigenous) in most need and the issues that most affect them in order to "bridge the gap". In that regard I believe that regional voices are essential so that specific issues can be clearly targeted and addressed.

[@anthonycarr7466]

In reply Chris, I need to point out a couple of things in relation to your comments. First, we are in agreement about fantastic contributions made by thousands of indigenous Australians to our country. No one is disputing that. However, Governments have made promises to close these gaps but nothing has changed. So the focus has necessarily been on those who struggle and are most vulnerable. And you mention regional voices. The Voice advisory group will include people from regional and remote areas. So I reckon we are in furious agreement. And I’m voting Yes!

[@chrismiddleton9088]

@@anthonycarr7466 I am not opposed to a Voice. Just not one that is enshrined in the Constitution, the rule book for ALL Australians. So I will be Voting no.

[@datepalm1969]

​@@anthonycarr7466The Aborigines themselves have an obligation to close the 'gap' by choosing a lifestyle that is conducive to the promotion of good health and longevity. For example, the traditional lifestyle of sleeping on the ground next to dogs for warmth is not conducive to good health. Similarly, not practicing Western-style personal hygiene causes trachoma in the eyes which has high potential to cause blindness. Similarly, acceptable social behaviour and compliance with the rule of law is the responsibility of the individual irrespective of race. The use of illicit drugs, sniffing petrol, etc, reduces life expectancy of a person irrespective of race. Contrary to the widespread misconception, death of Aborigines in Police custody is proportionally lower than of non-Aborigines. The statistics include deaths as a result of car chases by police, and also include deaths of persons who have been placed in the police lockups and vans not for crimes but for protection while waiting for medical treatment after the police found them lieing in the street sometimes unconscious, sometimes severely beaten by fellow Aborigines, etc. So, the police are doing these individuals a great favour by putting them in lockups for their own safety while waiting for medical assistance; and the police should not be blamed if the individual dies while in this so-called 'police custody' the purpose of which is to assist the individual who is in difficulty and danger. Excluding billions of dollars of royalty received from mining companies such as Rio Tinto, the Aborigines are also receiving well over $30 BILLION each and every year from the Australian State and Federal Governments (i.e. the Australian taxpayers). However, the vast majority of this money is going into the pockets of the corrupt Aboriginal 'elders' who do not distribute the funds fairly among the disadvantaged Aborigines, but the moneys are either embezelled or used to pay enormous salaries to CEOs of Aboriginal Corporations which in many cases are higher than the salary of the Prime Minister of Australia. Much more can be said about the corruption of the Aborigine 'elders' who misappropriate royalties and funds received from the Australian Federal and State Governments.

[@christinecavanagh5906]

Vote No in ink

[@iand4835]

Beautifully said, I wish.

[@rob9340]

Much needed thoughtful, clear, egoless common sense. I hope your voice gets to as many as possible.

[@sticksfaz5413]

Magnificent, this makes so much sense. A simple and easy solution, I’m sure this would have great support. Just a note, if I was an indigenous Australian I’d be insulted by The Statement from the Heart.

[@pablovalentine8976]

Iam indigenous and i was sickened by the Alura statement of the heart. It is a racist document made by radicals and racists. Like Thomas Mayo communist HIS Favorite line is pay the rent and repatriations. Then you Have Marcia Langton if you don't agree with her your racist or just stupid. I could go on forever about it ,but just VOTE NO.

[@davidmedcraft82]

Vote No 💯 well said 💯🇦🇺

[@KittyWhiplash959]

I feel hope when I hear your common sense and words of wisdom. Thank you. I like your statement. ❤

[@peterwade1796]

Thank you for this intelligent perspective.

[@pablovalentine8976]

love your work man ,

[@peachypeachman4860]

Excellent Wesley 👍

[@anthony9thompson]

Mate I am disappointed You don’t have more subscribers and views. You are on the money. Well done

[@milalewis983]

Couldn't agree more.

[@tsunamio7750]

He is on the verge of bestowing special privileges upon an entire group of individuals, rather than offering assistance on a personalized level. This approach lacks moral grounding in any philosophical movement. Our concern should be for those experiencing hardship, irrespective of their race or gender.

[@Truffles069]

Another top video. Well done

[@bono1961]

WOW, congratulations on an outstanding statement that would make viewers proud to be Australian. Your right when you say all Aboriginals are thought of as disadvantaged. It's frustrating when you see Self-serving activists drowning out the voice of genuine community leaders such as yourself. Keep up the great work 👍

[@arthurblaquiere1906]

Wonderful

[@andreaconnelly3799]

Thank you so much Wesley. 🙏

[@MrVoodoofone]

The Statement from the head is beautiful. Thanks sir!

[@Martin-vh5cw]

Thank you. Clear, erudite, positive. Wish more people would listen to this

[@angelacornell8660]

As a new Australian 1976 I would vote for this in a heartbeat 💓

[@BigFerg-hf6uv]

Wes spot on. The voice of reason. Well said sir

[@frankmontanari5534]

Well said and its true what you say

[@oliverdean9303]

❤ spot on!

[@tonybloomfield5635]

Perfect!

[@johnyates1065]

Wesley, thanks. This is the best, most easily understood and commonsense statement I've heard from anyone! If only our leaders could see it this way.

[@michaelalliston6657]

Simple, clear, common sense - something we can all get behind. Well done. Really enjoying the videos. Thank you.

[@ozzmanzz]

Well said mate!

[@Ed_Downunder]

AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL ANTHEM Australians all let us rejoice, For we are one and free;

[@RodneyMcKee]

Amazing how clear common sense is.

[@bevfitzsimmonds3382]

How sensible can you get?! I have subscribed. Thankyou very much...l am encouraged. THIS is real Australia! 🙂👍🦋

[@mathish1477]

Australia's own Thomas Sowell👌🏽

[@MichaelBlackett-v3q]

Congratulations on a very clear , pragmatic and unifying statement. Would like to see a printed version in all media outlets.

[@paulgraham5790]

The activists won't like that as it doesn't give them a soapbox from which to share their nasty rhetoric.

[@Coops777]

Good one Wesley. Thankyou! Its perfect.

[@siamblendhealthspa8004]

Wes, for years I have enjoyed hearing your common sense and perspective when interviewed on ABC. This missive is the most heart-warming, even-minded analysis I have heard yet. Congratulations and please aim for the highest office. You are a wonderful voice of reason.

[@glenncox298]

Brilliantly said! Thank you.

[@nickbaranikow5034]

An excellent practical and fair statement.

[@davewalsh9802]

Man, you show an enormous amount of good sense. Please consider getting yourself into parliament. I'd certainly vote for you if you were running in my electorate. Good sense and no mealy mouthed words is all I ask for, and you satisfy that criteria ... unlike the majority of politicians in most (all?) of the parties.

[@GrahamPenno]

great presentation, thank you

[@stilley78]

Hi Wesley, you seem like a really down to earth, switched on person. I like your way of thinking and I think that your 'suburban statement from the head' is bang on the money. Well done. You got a new subscriber in me! You should collaborate with Jacinta Prine and Warren Mundine

[@ronnorman1409]

I have said this a few times… you are spot on, and so good at explaining things. Well done. Very impressed and there should be many more subscribers. 👍

[@cobar5342]

Your statement is absolutely correct. There is no 'indigenous disadvantage' in the cities - on the contrary, many are very rich or at least 'well off'. What we are going through now with the likes of Langton, Pearson, Mayo, Reid, Burney and Thorpe detracts from the real issues and simply fuels hatred - for what? They have their own agenda and it is NOT to help the disadvantaged aboriginal. Aboriginals own 50% of Australia and receive $33 billion per year. They also receive twice the government expenditure that non-indigenous and more political representation. In the cities the children have the same opportunities as any other. Out bush is where the story changes. I have no answer for the likes of Alice Springs which is a disaster, of course. I think the greatest problem is the drug and alcohol abuse. That is a tough issue for any ethnic group. The more so for those who are unemployed and have no reason to get up in the morning and who rely on government handouts. Addressing those issues may lead to a better situation Civil strife and racism will not.

[@theodociocozanitis5437]

At least someone is using common sense in solving this aboriginal problem

[@user-hy5ro3kl3e]

Wes, an eloquent, intelligent and powerful discourse on what is indeed an intractable problem.

[@sc-ob1rp]

Fantastic.. well done Wesley.😊

[@SFD183]

Very well said Wes. Balanced and sensible.

[@GenproEnterprises]

Brilliant

[@stuartgraham8946]

This man speaks common sense Indigenous Affairs should be administered by this impressive individual 👍

[@Kaige46]

Wise words Wesley!

[@jeremyspencer1505]

You got my Vote 🗳️

[@aussienscale]

Very well said indeed !!

[@glennsargon8276]

You are the most rationally sound man I have heard in a long while. Your words of wisdom are sound and profound.

[@alpsnduds]

Well said Wesley

[@ricshumack9134]

Thanks Wesley, this is brilliant.

[@librandancer]

I like your Suburban Statement from the Head It's fair

[@NRG450]

Can't agree with this more, well done

[@BigGen222]

Thank you for making it louder. ❤️

[@simonwells4820]

Awesome mate, awesome...

[@edwin5419]

I'd vote for that

[@andrewgartlan5003]

I have reached very similar conclusions to-date based on my own life experiences. I’m 61 y.o, non-indigenous, raised in Melbourne. We are simply and obviously all definitely made of the same stuff. Access to education and opportunities makes an enormous difference. My parents didn’t attend high school and I was sent to work on completing high school while friends had teachers for parents and went straight through to university. I expect it will take generations of better/accelerated access to health and education services for isolated families to close gaps. I’m unsure if all people want to make this change in their lives, but I hope that it can be facilitated somehow for their children’s best future. Additionally, and sadly, for practical reasons I suspect that living in very remote communities will continue to have a great price attached to it.

[@leighmurrell5494]

One way to start this would be to do a full and independent audit of where the billions have gone and who benefitted and who didn't check on that. A full spectrum of support and then some should already be available as the funding directed towards Aboriginal issues is above and beyond what that group has access to as part of the funding that goes to the 96.5% of Australians. A statement from the head certainly has a logic to it that the divisive "Heart" version simply lacks. We either need to get rid of the race classification altogether or set up an instrument that classifies race (Aboriginal or Non) accurately and which does not accept small percentages as sufficient to confirm the whole. As it currently stands, a lot of the funding must be supporting and must have been drained off by "Identifier" Australians who in truth are as "White (whatever that really means)" as a a whole bunch of us. I still believe that most Ozzies like to operate within the boundaries of "A fair go for all" and this push for a divisive "VOICE" doesn't sit well with that.

[@MichaelRobinson-hy8ms]

Wes, love your work! With a mind like yours, how did we get into this referendum mess?

[@MegaSelby]

The statement tread out is exactly what Jacinta Price has said. I agree.

[@briansmart2045]

Thank you kind sir 👏

[@mariaalicec.branco1271]

This is the way forward.❤

[@Trevor7727]

this makes far more sense than the nonsense happening in Canberra at the moment.

[@deanliebelt3936]

Excellent statement

[@Jim-i4j]

Wow that was amazing

[@timbrown8581]

OMG Wes, NO, no no, you can't say that! What will Marcia langdon, Noel Person and the like do! They are the most disadvantaged according to them! Sorry for the sarcasm mate. Honesty, one of your best yet. Address the disadvantage as a needs and individual basis. We must have accountability and transparency! Love your work mate.

[@gregorymcleod]

I do believe we have to help the ones in remote areas as well like supporting rural communities. But locking up land right areas and locking all non indigenous out isolates people. Much of these areas I have had the pleasure to visit in N.T and Kimberley's this also proved to me there is no one culture. The best way to me to help these people is to open up the area empower the communities to build infrastructure and tourism selling accessibility to learn and share the culture. But how the land holders hold the land must change we must allow locals to own there house and land and business as Tourism needs infrastructure same as the communities. There must be a total rethink about how we can become all 1 nation of many nations. The land grab must stop and the High court's must rethink decisions to promote harmony.

[@raypalmer8639]

You have the first solution that would be supported by most Australians and I’m sure it would work. Well done.

[@terryorchard1274]

Witty and informative at the same time....... this and previous videos should be shared with all Australians and I am doing my best to make sure that happens

[@djpodesta]

Excellent effort!… but… Don’t tell Marcia.

[@frankbirch3877]

Such clear thinking. Subscribed!

[@karabecks1]

so good

[@glenn1826]

The Aboriginals need to lift themselves up and get away from government handouts , this will give them dignity, pride and a will to get up every morning . This will get them away from government who for 200 years of treating them as second class citizens . Aussies in general treat everyone as equals as long as the respect is shown back . We are all Aussies in this great country, keep your culture . We are one .

[@StephenandSusan6557]

I’m always hanging out for the bickie joke at the end. But agree with the others that your statement makes sense. Keep up the good work.

[@swingingvoter4309]

Brilliant!

[@longway1]

It would be true to say that for most I'm not a fan of many of the ways of the liberals or the nationals. Tonight l watched the address of Jacinta Nampijinpa Price to the press club, wow this lady is very impressive VERY impressive her vision for closing the gap to me makes so much sense. I hope that Australians reject this voice at the referendum and more of our politicians can become just as impressive, if and when the yes vote is defeated l hope that bottom Wes and Jacinta with us the voting public can push for a better way.

[@theDanWshow]

I agree, and a voice to parliament could carry this message.

[@harrycopeland8322]

Excellent., absolutely excellent . Even though you might not want it, but You should be at the head of this program. Give it to Jacinta Price to permeate through channels. Great job mate

[@ronkabinka]

great stuff Wesley, pragmatism is a lost art in politics

[@patcummins6036]

Awesome my friend!

[@petergilbert3861]

Nicely done Wesley 👍

[@peterlederer3896]

Truly great man

[@deogratias273]

Love it!

[@rubywagner3487]

That was well said!

[@ronnorman1409]

I look at all your videos in context and I must say, you are totally under appreciated in your abilities to explain things clearly. I have to say that regardless of how the referendum went, you have raised great issues and you should have a seat at any table to discuss and debate the issues. Very wise, very informed and very insightful. I would love to have a coffee with you to discuss. Great work, your technique in delivering the truth has been inspiring. Please let me know if you would like to catch up. Cheers Ron

[@ronnorman1409]

I am often in Brisbane. We can work out a way to meet.

[@wesaird]

@ronnorman1492 thank you for your kind words. Happy to catch up if you're in or around Brisbane. W

[@ronnorman1409]

@@wesaird Thanks Wes, We have contacted your office and left a message if you wouldn’t mind calling me back. Thanks again

[@alvanrigby6361]

Disadvantaged Australians generally are that way because of a decades old deliberate policy of unemployment and underemployment. Constant high immigration levels means that both unemployment and hidden unemployment remain high meaning that disadvantaged Australians including Indigenous Australians are unable to get secure and well paid jobs. So what does Australian society do? Instead of recognising the elephant in the room, they resort to blaming and humiliating the unemployed forcing them to apply and look for non existent jobs. Giving them inadaquate social security payments and putting them through humiliating activity tests. To say that high immigration levels do not affect employment levels is a deliberate lie and needs to be called out for what it is.

[@rictechow231]

The statement from the head is good.

[@missoss]

I'd get behind that statement.

[@ericcook4179]

Never work, there are those that have too much to loose.

[@ragamuffin8976]

Regional people regardless of race are discriminated against by their metropolitan brethren

[@markrolly5486]

You should Be our PM You have sense in the Head they Don't