The Weekly Times are running a poll on whether Lyn White should be Australian of the Year. Lyn White is the Communications Director for the animal rights extremist organisation, Animals Australia, and Lyn was instrumental in providing footage to the 4-Corners programme that resulted in the live export ban. Doubts have since been cast about the reliability of the footage; claims have been made that those who were filmed were paid to behave in a cruel manner; and I’ve heard a multitude of rural residents say ‘why could they stand by and film what was happening, without intervening to stop it? We could not have stood by and done nothing – we have never seen cruelty like that.’ The live export ban also had detrimental affects on Australian livestock and the natural environment, as well as putting northern primary producers under a great deal of financial and mental stress.
Lyn is the South Australian state finalist for Australian of the Year. If you can bear it, read about the ‘courageous campaigner’ on the Australian of the Year website. Curiously, for a rural publication, almost all the comments regarding the Weekly Times article on the subject, sing Lyn White’s praises, and the poll is currently running heavily in favour of ‘for’. Clearly, animal rights activists have far more time to spend on social media grapevines, than the rest of the population, who are probably too busy earning a crust (mostly in private enterprise).
Vote now if you think Lyn White is not a suitable candidate for Australian of the Year, lest the Federal Government make yet another miscalculation regarding the real opinion of the general public.
Personally I do not believe that someone who has ignored the detrimental effects of their actions on thousands of people, domestic livestock and native flora and fauna, is a suitable candidate for Australian of the Year.