Jacinta Price slams State of Origin's 'woke' Welcome to Country trends now
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Jacinta Price has slammed an Indigenous elder who used the Welcome to Country to encourage Australians to vote 'Yes' at the upcoming Voice to Parliament referendum.
The Welcome was performed by Uncle Karl Winda Telfer on Wednesday evening before the national anthem was sung at the series opener.
Dressed in ceremonial garb, Telfer addressed the crowd and said: 'I am, and we are, the first Voice from the first people of the first day.
'Today, we are not about pushing people apart. We are about the union.
'In this great game, in this great country, we need to have the conversations leading up to the end of this year.
'And I think we are mature enough to make the right call, yeah?'
The earnest sentiment did not go down well with Coalition 'No' campaigner Ms Price - and comes after the NRL joined most Australian sporting bodies in backing the Yes campaign
Indigenous senator Jacinta Price has blasted the Welcome to Country at Game 1 of the State of Origin series performed by Uncle Karl Winda Telfer (pictured)
Like many footy fans, Indigenous senator Jacinta Price didn't appreciate the Voice to Parliament referendum being mentioned during the Uncle Karl Winda Telfer's speech
'I'm sick and tired of these acknowledgements of nothing more than my racial heritage,' Ms Price fumed.
'It's every single day, I acknowledge and pay my respects and
