‘The Whole Truth’ author discusses his book amid secretive Vic government treaty negotiations

[@RinoUnivers]

Victoria has become the worst state of Australia thanks to the Labour Party. Vote them out it is too late already.

[@Barney_Rubble247]

She's gotta go asap.

[@foed65]

when did victoria become a separate country? australians voted NO,why is she pushing ahead? AUSIT, AUDIT AUDIT her bank account.

[@lloydsingline340]

The Federal Government is duty bound to override this treaty after the clear majority voted NO in the VOICE REFERENDUM !!If not ,the Labor government owes the taxpayers $ 450 million. Labor politicians should be personally liable through asset sales,if no other means of payment can be worked out.These Labor governments are verging on criminality and its time the people stood up. They are running roughshod over the electorate!!

[@feelincrispy7053]

During and after covid. It really did change from that point on where the labor government realised they could do far more things with little to no public pushback

[@shanehansen3705]

yeah the states are separate entities even if Victorians voted NO in droves as well

[@IcanBePsycho]

This shit show from the Victorian Labor government is just gonna drive business’s & people out of this once great state. Labor are digging us deeper & deeper into a bottomless cess pit every day 😢.

[@vivianhull3317]

Maybe that's the point

[@daniellebcooper7160]

makes more room for the 'new arrivals', who wont complain or jack up that their home town is being transformed into something they dont want.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

@@daniellebcooper7160 Down the track they will jack up once their numbers are greater. But by then the architects of this sh!tshow will be long gone from politics & living high on the hog of their taxpayer-funded benefits.

[@kennethwilkinson3589]

AUSTRALIA VOTED NO !!! Allan is living in lala land, so full of her own self importance that she can’t see that the institution of a treaty is a FEDERAL responsibility, not for the states to meddle in! 👎🏻😡👎🏻. ❤️🇦🇺❤️🇦🇺

[@nicethings2070]

Ms Allen will cost Anthony his job.

[@taxads7791]

He's already doing a good enough of that himself

[@MarkHines-p8d]

Let's be honest here. The indigenous groups pushing for treaty are activists who know what they can get out of the system if they keep pushing hard enough. Unfortunately they are be enabled by radical state government leaders. Since colonisation, the first nations people have never had it so good. Especially over the last 30 years years. If wasn't for colonisation there would be no well paid indigenous politicians, no well paid indigenous athletes such in the NRL. No indigenous Olympians and the list goes on. There are disadvantage indigenous and non indigenous peoples all around Australia. These people should be looked after first and foremost. If indigenous activists are so unhappy with what colonisation has brought to the table, then give up white man's influences and benefits and see where you end up.

[@jonking1119]

Jacinta Allen is true to form, ever more divisive, going against the interests of the majority. Treaty? no doubt it would involve monetary compensation. Money from State coffers that are seriously in the red due to Labor’s traditional mismanagement.

[@wyattfamily8997]

"Division" is their fallback position to maintain power. If EVERYONE was cohesive, they would lose power so causing division splinters those that would otherwise combine to throw them out.

[@prescientselector3784]

Ok, now, we want the weak-kneed opposition to come out and unequivocally say they will scrap this nonsense.

[@daniellebcooper7160]

good luck with that, theyre almost as pathetic

[@shanehansen3705]

don't hold your breath

[@tonybloomfield5635]

Therein lies the problem.

[@wongjock648]

I have Irish ancestry but i dont get any land in Ireland

[@troycassidy6177]

Should our people get reparations for the slave labour our ancestors endure?

[@wongjock648]

@@troycassidy6177 only if Yr black, that seems to be how it works

[@ThaMassDebater]

The poor Irish, political prisoners were the FIRST people in chains in Australia. Removed from their indigenous lands and families and sent half way around the world to perform hard labour building the infrastructure of the penal settlement.. Have you had a "Sorry" from the government or are you included in any reparations discussions? 🤔🤷‍♂️

[@dodohateswater]

Where's my apology for WW2 - 🇵🇱

[@francesblabey3055]

Me too. And Spanish and Welsh.

[@dcoghlan100]

The only way to save Australia is to vote one nation, Australia first.

[@stewy2909]

You are as crazy as Hanson. One Nation has no credibility and no self control.

[@Aussie-Nan]

Need to endure Labour, Greens and Teals last.

[@jenzag7621]

Jacinta Allan, refuses to acknowledge that the majority of people voted "NO".

[@sharonjensen3016]

"🎵Ten politicians sitting on the wall...🎵"

[@tweetybird2013]

Thank you Mr Prescott, there are two sides of truth telling... Send Lidia Thorp a copy of the book...

[@rayg1232]

If she could understand the books!

[@ianking-jv4hg]

Read William Buckley's account of how in October 1803 he landed in Port Phillip Bay as a convict. in december 1803 William escaped into the bush and lived with Wathaurong tribe for 32 years as a white aboriginal At that time in history their was No Victoria, No Melbourne. First contact, minimal influence from white Europe. An eye opener for those who are interested (and wowsers who have listened to false doctrine) Early accounts show this Country was never a Peaceful Eden but was a landmass with 250 different languages and 800 dialects with many opposing ideas which were stoutly contested and there was not only skirmishes and massacres both ways, but there was also conciliation and working partnerships History isn't so Black and White !

[@AllanRiddell-m6i]

Everyone should read the book or watch the movie. The most unbiased account of how the aboriginal’s really lived.

[@johnmancini4700]

There’s always three sides and that includes the truth. They ignore the truth and don’t want to hear about how they really lived and treated each other. Where would they be without colonialism and government support? If they are so unhappy then return all your assets and return to your lifestyle of 60,000 years ago. Good luck with that.

[@waratahwoman]

It is a fascinating account and an eye-opener into the culture and ways of the indigenous people Buckley lived with. A must read for everyone interested in our history.

[@GeoffMcMahon]

You have a great program. Keep up the good work

[@leroylindblom2513]

Totally illegitimate

[@galacticnemesis366]

Stop undermining our national values and identity. Stop ceding our sovereignty. Either give all the land back or shut up. Australians are sick of all of the declarations of virtue that only serve to mask something akin to evil. No more identity politics.

[@lloydsingline340]

Good comment.

[@outback109]

Victoria...nothing surprises me any longer.

[@gregtanner1444]

A cost of living crisis and now a cost of death crisis.

[@richarda2248]

He was our local MP back in the day. Met him once and he seemed a decent individual…

[@geektopian]

The Victorian Labour Party looks after grifters, but those of us who work hard and live decent, honest lives, we are expected to pay for indulging people expecting endless handouts, concessions and benefits.

[@NeverAgain316]

You know, I have learnt years ago - sanity must be earned. When people get indulged with money, their motivation to achieve, contribute, grow vanish. If people are happy to ride the wave of victimhood- that is where they will remain. With all opportunities they were given there is no excuse not to drag yourselves out from nothingness and be part of Australia. Instead they will keep sucking .

[@troycassidy6177]

If the Aboriginal "Nations" are legitimate then shouldn't each nation be negotiating with local councils on an individual basis?

[@wyattfamily8997]

There never was and never has been an Aboriginal "Nation". They were/are disparate tribes that often fought and stole from each other. The "Nation" title is a recent marketing exercise to indicate "status" so that lobbying could be more effective, nothing more. Much the same as the "ancient welcome to country", was developed by Ernie Dingo and Richard Whalley in Perth in 1976 to provide a ceremony to welcome other indigenous people of the South Sea Islands to an International Conference.

[@midnightteapot5633]

Incidents of cannibalism have been recorded as late as the 1970,s , and boy you would not have wanted to have been an immigrant from China in North Queensland a hundred and fifty years ago!

[@Eric-jo8uh]

Victoria is now one big knitting circle, a lot of jaw flap and no action.

[@ThaMassDebater]

Genuine question... If you looked into the ancestoral bloodlines of indigenous people of Australia for the past 50k years and the ancesterol bloodlines of white immigrants for 250 years contact with indigenous Australians, which bloodlines contain more harm towards indigenous Australians? Since colonisation the Indigenous population has risen, the education rates have risen, standard of living has risen, life expectancy has risen.. Thats terrible "harm" and absolutely points to "jenosyde"... 🤔🤷‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[@chinaski2020]

You brought him on; let the man speak fer chrissakes

[@simplesimon4717]

Why does Bolt endlessly interrupt Perscott every time he is about to give an example of what he has just asked him!.

[@sentimentalbloke185]

Yes, you could see Pescott getting frustrated with it & I reckon he didn't necessarily agree with everything Bolt said, he just didn't get to respond. .

[@stevebrown218]

The Aboriginal life expectancy has been greatly increased due to the work done by white people to help them. I think they should be giving us the land in compensation for the aid.

[@lesleyosborne9319]

Lydia said it. So did Thomas Mayo who is NOT indigenous. " PAY THE RENT!" They would be NOTHING if We were NOT Here.

[@franktully3065]

To get an accurate description of how pre-colonial Aborigines lived, read some of the late history lecturer William D. Rubinstein's articles, starting with Life and Death in Pre Contact Aboriginal Australia, and also Aborigines and the Question of Genocide. Also read Harvard professor Stephen Pinker's: The Better Angels of Our Nature, which describes very high levels of H/G (inter and intra) tribal violence, including among Aborigines.

[@vivianhull3317]

Thank you

[@franktully3065]

​@@vivianhull3317You're very welcome! 😊

[@NeverAgain316]

We are not allowed to talk about it, the dreamy, star gazing Aboriginals wouldn't hurt a fly. It is all us, discussing colonizers. And so, now, they really can spend their lives stargazing while we, colonizers, breaking our backs working all life so they can be compensated. Feels like they are prepared to do something for the good of THEIR country- they keep welcoming us to THEIR country. What times we are living in....

[@sentimentalbloke185]

It's not so much apartheid that's being proposed, it's more an artificial aristocracy that will have exclusive access to certain resources & monies, along with land (where the general population can be shut out) & annual payments to individuals who only have to claim they have one single aboriginal ancestor. This harks back to old world Britain & Europe with a feudal system that protected a tiny fraction of the populace, due to their ancestry, as being 'special' & able to lord it over the rest without challenge, without being elected. Obviously, with so benefits on offer, many more claimants will be forthcoming; we've already seen that happen in the last 20 years or so. Once people become, generally, more aware of the reparations proposals, it will turbocharge the number of claims & make a bad situation even worse.

[@effortless-one]

Learn from NZ, the claims will never end.

[@Peter-p5u8t]

Have treaties been done for 60 plus thousand years ?

[@jennarare]

Vote either Citizen's Party, or Sustainable Australia Party, or People's Party

[@chairmandan1794]

Going down! Are you being served, Australia edition.

[@Matt-yv2sr]

10%and rising as the jobs taken by foreigners are taken !

[@roywells7974]

WHY does it have to be so secret? if there is nothing to hide release it to the public (taxpayer) so we can make an informed decision.

[@francesblabey3055]

Allan is andrews yes girl and will complete the job know matter what. Victoria is now on the edge of the abyss and don't expect the indigenious to save us, their so happy, they have been unelected to screw us come what may.

[@Truthseeker371]

What do the First Nation People want now this time? Be specific and propose. The indigenous people in Tasmania have been wiped out. They were mistreated, women raped, men spread out, etc, how can they be compensated when they are almost gone out of the history? Ethnic cleansing did take place in Australia by the British.

[@andrewbowers_]

If I decide to run for election to the PM’s office; vote for me and when I take power, I will solve this problem, and many others, once and for all. Just close your eyes and block your ears. I’ll let you know when it’s all over.

[@j_sum1]

Nominate for the PM's literature awards.

[@diannemcmahon2516]

The nation voted against this stuff

[@lianeisme]

Where can you buy this book I can’t find it anywhere

[@vivianhull3317]

Same

[@joansorensen-young2962]

Is this stealthy treaty thing happening in all states?

[@gindaburra]

"Red Chief", told by an old copper on his death bed. We had rules for wife stealing. Great book.

[@mariomoleta1545]

All of Lydia's family members.

[@dominicgalante7501]

We said NO to the voice Victoria said NO it will be reversed when Labor is out at the next Election

[@matthewchristoforou5487]

Does a country thats taken over by another during war pay treaty to those inhabitants??

[@gooberdoober2286]

Are the books on sale yet? Nothing came up when I googled the book title and author.

[@johncandy6508]

andrew bolt loves to interupt

[@tweetybird2013]

I can't find the book online, how do we purchase "The Whole Truth"?

[@dominicgalante7501]

It’s called the Berwick Lakes thats its name Jacinta Allan

[@shanehansen3705]

after 40.000 years and several waves of immigration there were approx. 300.000 aborigines in Aus at the arrival of the first fleet 200 odd years later there are 3x that population sounds like colonization was a damn good thing

[@wcbbsd]

We gave them blankets. Special blankets.

[@Watto3631]

I want my apology for being born into this shit show of a state/country 30 years ago. I’ve asked my parents however they refuse maybe the government will give me one lol

[@johnjones6601]

Too bad your guest goes off on irrelevant tangents and talks like a record stuck on 16rpm. He does his own cause a diservice by coming across as a doddery old fool.

[@howardneely2573]

Didn't Alan Jones and Chris Smith work at SKY news?

[@Barney_Rubble247]

Yes, they're long gone haven't you noticed?

[@Berserker978]

Why ? Do you have a Fetish for them ?

[@totalsceptic]

🥱🥱🥱

[@franktully3065]

Didn't a paedo who pleaded guilty, (Jon Stephens) work at "our" publicly funded activist ABC? Ever wonder why you've never heard of him?

[@sstu389]

How lame

[@paulchilds9137]

Bolts world is digustingly ugly. Retire now.

[@sstu389]

Get real moron

[@sentimentalbloke185]

Doesn't alter the fact that this issue needs to be debated.

[@craigianna2844]

Get everything but it’s not enough…Massive division coming..

[@georgemoylan7455]

Give a copy to Lydia Thorpe