The racially charged booing and denigration of Sydney Swans’ star player, Adam Goodes, has reached a crescendo in recent weeks. His detractors include supporters of rival AFL clubs as well as some conservative commentators such as radio shock jock Alan Jones, journalist Miranda Devine and TV host and journalist Andrew Bolt.

On Channel Seven’s Sunrise program, Jones was reported as saying that opposition club supporters were reacting negatively to Goodes because they simply did not like his behaviour, including his “spear throwing and the running in and doing a war dance and so on and provoking people”. Continue reading In Support of Adam Goodes →