'Trying to disappear us': Dutton won't use Indigenous flags at press events as PM
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Liberal leader Peter Dutton will not stand beside the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags at press conferences if he becomes prime minister. Some Indigenous leaders say it is a level of "pettiness" they never expected.

Summary

Australian opposition leader Peter Dutton stated he would not stand beside Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander flags at press events if elected prime minister, arguing for unity under a single national flag.

Dutton called the use of multiple flags “confusing” and divisive.

Indigenous leaders and critics, including Mick Gooda and Minister Malarndirri McCarthy, condemned the stance as divisive and dismissive of Indigenous cultures, which are represented by official Australian flags.

This follows Dutton’s history of opposing symbolic Indigenous measures, including the Voice to Parliament referendum.

  • njm1314@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    12 hours ago

    Since his listing what flags he won’t stand next to, I guess you have to assume anything he doesn’t list he’s willing to stand next to. Right? Doesn’t that follow? So what flags is a cool with then?

  • vividspecter@lemm.eeEnglish
    54·
    2 days ago

    He’s always been one of the most racist members of parliament. He threw a tantrum and boycotted the apology for the stolen generation during his early days as an opposition front-bencher.

  • FelixCress@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    2 days ago

    arguing for unity under a single national flag.

    One flag, one volk, one fuhrer. I heard this one before.

  • x00z@lemmy.worldEnglish
    191·
    2 days ago

    Blatant racism.

    We have multiple flags where I live. There’s absolutely no confusion.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.worldMEnglish
    101·
    2 days ago

    Yeah, those indigenous people should stop being confusing by having a flag and go back where they came from! Am I right?

    You guys need to stop being divisive when that’s his job!