Northern Territory Senator Jacinta Price says students at Charles Darwin University told her they “no longer feel welcome” and are “being ostracised” because the university decided to support the Indigenous Voice to Parliament.
On Thursday Sky News Australia’s Matt Cunningham revealed that the university had counselled Associate Professor Bea Staley over an email she sent to speech pathology students telling them they “might want to reflect deeply on whether a career in allied health in Australia is really for you” if they don’t support the Voice.
The prominent No campaigner then revealed that students at the university had previously raised concerns with her about the pressure to support the Voice at the institution. “I've been contacted, my office has been contacted, by students of Charles Darwin University prior to obviously this email, who have been concerned that they no longer feel welcome at their own school,” Senator Price told Sharri Markson on Thursday night.
Professor Staley sent the email to the university’s pathology students on Sunday along with a statement from Speech Pathology Australia indicating its support for the Voice.“The speech pathology courses at CDU have been created with notions of equity and social justice at their core, we will be voting Yes.
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