The sponsorship of a junior football club by a Union organisation has been branded by Federal Sports Minister George Brandis as "sick" and political "propaganda".
AAP reports that Unions WA has sealed an $8800 sponsorship deal with the Tuart Hill Soccer Club in Perth's north, which will see players aged between six and 15 wearing jerseys with the slogan, “Your Rights at Work” on them.
Unions WA secretary Dave Robinson says the deal is no different to a normal commercial sponsorship.
Tuart Hill SC president Sean Eldridge has told The West Australian newspaper he did not seek parents' permission before agreeing to the deal, but several parents have told the newspaper they are not concerned by the sponsorship.
Senator Brandis said the club's players were being used to carry political propaganda.
"It is sick to be requiring school kids as a condition of playing sport to be carrying political propaganda on their jerseys," he told ABC radio in Brisbane.
The union sponsorship was not the same as any normal sponsorship as some parents are likely to disagree with the political message being put forward by unions, Senator Brandis argued.
"I think most Australians would accept that... you don't use kids unwillingly to carry political propaganda."
What do you think? Is it right or wrong that an organisation with political overtones should be allowed to sponsor junior teams? Comment now.
Unions WA secretary Dave Robinson says the deal is no different to a normal commercial sponsorship.
Tuart Hill SC president Sean Eldridge has told The West Australian newspaper he did not seek parents' permission before agreeing to the deal, but several parents have told the newspaper they are not concerned by the sponsorship.
Senator Brandis said the club's players were being used to carry political propaganda.
"It is sick to be requiring school kids as a condition of playing sport to be carrying political propaganda on their jerseys," he told ABC radio in Brisbane.
The union sponsorship was not the same as any normal sponsorship as some parents are likely to disagree with the political message being put forward by unions, Senator Brandis argued.
"I think most Australians would accept that... you don't use kids unwillingly to carry political propaganda."
What do you think? Is it right or wrong that an organisation with political overtones should be allowed to sponsor junior teams? Comment now.
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