Ray Martin was clear about his contempt for the slogan “If you don’t know, vote no” when he spoke last week at an Indigenous voice to parliament yes rally. “What a stupid, nonsensical slogan that is,” the veteran TV presenter said. “If you don’t know, find out what you don’t know. What that asinine slogan is saying is if you’re a dinosaur or a dickhead who can’t be bothered reading, then vote no.”
Several days later the Daily Mail got its hands on the video of the event at the Factory theatre in Marrickville and claimed Martin had targeted no voters rather than the no campaign’s slogan. The story led to three days of attacks on the multiple Gold Logie winner from everyone from the usual shock jocks to the opposition leader, Peter Dutton.
