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Western Bulldogs forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan last night recreated Nicky Winmar’s iconic anti-racism gesture as he led the team to victory over Brisbane.
Scoring the first goal of the game, Ugle-Hagan lifted his jumper and pointed to his skin five days after he was racially abused during and after the club’s round-two loss to St Kilda.
Here’s what Ugle-Hagan had to say about the gesture at last night’s post match press conference:
I was thinking back in the day, [Winmar] would have had it a lot worse. Now, players are getting sick of it and we’re making a stance and we’re pointing them out and sorting it out, and everyone is getting behind us.
Those comments hurt you as an individual. You can hear a thousand compliments and then one bad comment, you will remember the bad comment more than the other thousand compliments.
We’re making a stance and making an impact and hopefully we change and educate the people that have no idea that that is racism and it shouldn’t be a thing or allowed.
Good morning!
Western Bulldogs forward Jamarra Ugle-Hagan has made a powerful stand against racism as he led the team to victory over last night’s match against Brisbane.
After scoring the first goal of the game, Ugle-Hagan lifted his jumper and pointed to his skin, recreating the iconic anti-racism gesture by St Kilda Saints great Nicky Winmar almost 30 years ago to the day.
Five days ago, Ugle-Hagan was racially abused during and after the club’s round-two loss to St Kilda.
In Canberra, the final sitting week has wrapped up before the budget is delivered in May.
Today, the federal government will call for the Fair Work Commission to lift wages for the lowest paid workers when it makes its submission to the industrial umpire’s yearly update to the minimum wage.
The government will say wages shouldn’t be outstripped by inflation, which has reached 6.8% annual growth, but the opposition and business groups have called for moderation and said inflation could stay higher for longer if wage rises are “excessive”.
In NSW, the independent member for Sydney Alex Greenwich has said he is more motivated to deliver LGBTIQA+ reforms after homophobic remarks against him were tweeted from One Nation leader Mark Latham.
Voters in the Melbourne electorate of Aston are preparing to head to the polls tomorrow for a byelection after former cabinet minister Alan Tudge announced he would step down from parliament.
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