The No side has spent months pitching the Voice as an elite-backed idea and portraying the press as supporters of a radical Indigenous agenda backed by “woke” corporates.
The Coalition’s Peter Dutton and Jacinta Nampijinpa Price have taken aim at prominent broadcaster Ray Martin for suggesting the No side’s Voice slogan is aimed at “dickheads” and railed against alleged pro-Voice bias at the ABC.
“What that excellent slogan is saying is if you’re a dinosaur or a dickhead who can’t be bothered reading, then vote No,” Martin said at the event. Albanese was not alongside the five-time Gold Logie winner when he made the remarks. “If you’re a conservative Aboriginal woman, as far as the ABC is concerned, you are controversial or not part of the status quo,” she said. “You’re generally made to feel it’s unacceptable.”“My experiences with ABC interviews are often hostile, and I’m treated with contempt on many different platforms. Whether it’s ABC Breakfast, or whether it’s [Radio National], [Patricia] Karvelas and [Hamish] McDonald – they’re particularly hostile towards me.
“Given the Yes campaign is the one proposing to change the Constitution, its proposal and the reasoning behind it would naturally receive a greater amount of scrutiny. That doesn’t equate to positive platforming.” Abbott then complained about the presenter’s interviewing style: “You didn’t interrupt [Labor minister] Clare O’Neil, you’re arguing over the top of me. This isn’t an interview; this is an argument.”
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