Louisa Bonner, the CEO of Ngaran Goori Ltd, was hired to deliver the ceremony ahead of the AFLW preliminary final between the Brisbane Lions and Carlton Blues in Ipswich, southeast Queensland, on Saturday.
She started off in typical fashion, but then began talking about aboriginals in youth detention, calling it a “national crisis” and blaming discrimination for the disproportionate number of indigenous criminals in jail.
“The drivers of this crisis are well known, the ongoing impacts of colonisation and systemic racism, limited recognition of sovereignty, resistance to indigenous leadership and continued land and economic dispossession,” she said.
“These issues are a matter of social justice, human rights and legal responsibility. There are other countries such as New Zealand and American native indians that are leading in these areas and addressing issues in their own country.”
Ms Bonner then went on to spruik her business, saying that her organisation’s programs were aligned with United Nations initiatives related to “self determination and self government”.
“I would also like to say that every time I’m invited here by the Lions to do a welcome to country, that they’re also supporting me to run those programs,” she said.
“If you wish to discuss us, catch up with me afterwards. Here’s my business card.”
She then held her business card up in the air.
The Noticer
The biggest danger to the success of AFLW is the constant political messaging , just concentrate on growing a more attractive and watchable brand and people will attend.
Anyone wonder why attendances to the AFLW are dropping?
The same administration whom refused to acknowledge the death of Queen Elizabeth II a monarch who has done a lot of good for the planet and youth. AFL is a good sport to watch and attend but AFLW is now a failed expensive experiment.