The conservative think tank, the Institute of Public Affairs (IPA), has called for the debate around the proposed Indigenous Voice to Parliament to be respectful and constructive.
This comes after Indigenous Voice advocate Noel Pearson told ABC Radio National that the IPA was in part manipulating Indigenous Nothern Territory Senator Jacinta Yangapi Nampijinpa Price into a “redneck celebrity vortex” to “punch down” other indigenous Australians. Pearson also said that Price reminded him of outspoken conservative One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson.
“She’s caught in a vortex,” Pearson said. “It’s a celebrity vortex, it’s very compelling, it gets her out in front of people, and it gets a lot of cheers, but it’s also a redneck celebrity vortex, and ultimately, it’s a tragic redneck celebrity vortex that she’s caught up in and it involves right-wing people, particularly the Sydney and Melbourne based right-wing think tanks—the Institute of Public Affairs and the Centre for Independent Studies.”…