Byron Writers Festival accused of rejecting sponsor over right-wing stance
Author Brett Whitford alleges he has been rejected as a sponsor at the Byron Writers Festival for wanting to platform right-wing views in a debate.
“I’ve been there for the last three years; it is, as Rowan [Dean] said, a monoculture,” Mr Whitford told News24.
“I think that my sponsorship should have been accepted when the government are spending $1.4 million
“This was all about fostering a debate and having different opinions
“We put $1.4 million into the Byron Writers Festival, so we’re all sponsors of this thing, and they sit up there, and they mock normal mainstream Australian opinions.
“I think they missed out on a great opportunity.
“I think they would have been better off just letting me go up there, get booed by the lefty crowd and shuffle off around.”
