00:00 Lydia Thorpe has slammed Sam Newman after the AFL personality once again sparked controversy
00:06 by encouraging Australians to boo Welcome to Country.
00:11 The independent senator told Nine's Today on Thursday we are all on stolen land.
00:16 There has never been a deal and Welcome to Country is a way of bringing people together
00:21 about the country you all live on.
00:24 This is about peace and the whole message behind Welcome to Country is about respect
00:29 and bringing people together.
00:32 Presenter Karl Stefanovic said he was playing devil's advocate and said that there is a
00:36 school of thought and I can assure you this is not coming from me.
00:42 Maybe there are too many of these ceremonies.
00:45 Maybe they are losing their effectiveness if their numbers are too large.
00:49 How can you resist that?
00:51 Said, there are a lot of good stories that come with Welcome and people learn from it
00:56 and people have a deeper understanding of how to protect the country.
01:01 It comes after Newman, a staunch opponent of Yes campaign, encouraged Australians to
01:07 boo or slow clap during ceremonies, particularly during the upcoming AFL Grand Final at MCG.
01:15 He criticized AFL for promoting what he perceived as virtuous, arrogant nonsense and accused
01:22 the league of dividing country.
01:24 AFL personality Sam Newman has sparked controversy once again by criticizing Welcome to Country.
01:32 Thank yous at sports matches in Australia.
01:34 Jake Nowakowski the 77-year-old has previously taken aim at the tribute to indigenous icon
01:41 Uncle Jack Charles and the AFL's approach to recognizing traditional landowners.
01:48 He was particularly critical of the delivery of two Welcome to Country speeches before
01:53 AFL matches, describing them as propaganda speeches.
01:58 Darian trainer AFL photosphere The stabs came out in July after Newman claimed the voice
02:03 was pure brainwashing, calling it disgusting and absolutely disgraceful.
02:10 Welcome to Country, which country, our country?
02:14 It just goes on and on, he said on his weekly show with co-host Don Scott.
02:19 You give them an inch and so on.
02:22 If you vote for the voice you should be ashamed of yourself.
02:26 After weeks of conventional polling showed support for the indigenous advisory body in
02:30 parliament.
02:32 Going from bad to worse.
02:34 News.au's Great Aussie Debate poll of more than 50,000 respondents found the picture
02:39 was even bleaker.
02:42 Participants answered 50 questions in July explaining their opinions on everything from
02:47 work.
02:48 Politics and dating to using your phone in the restroom and wearing shorts at the office.
02:54 Their answers resulted in a snapshot of how the average Australian thinks, feels and lives
03:00 in 2023.
03:02 Some results are more surprising than others.
03:05 Less than one in four people who chose respond to survey, which covered a range of other
03:10 topics and was not specifically or explicitly related the voice.
03:16 Instead they supported parliamentary voice.
03:19 Only 23%.
03:20 The two strongest states, NSW and Victoria, recorded just 25% of the vote.
03:28 And even the wet ACT had just 28% support.
03:32 And only AG.
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