Racist trolls have targeted Indigenous cricket star Dan Christian after he called out Prime Minister for his comments on Cricket Australia's stance on Australia Day.<\/p>\n
The cricketer posted screen shots of the messages to his Instagram account which has more than 30,000 followers.<\/p>\n
One message he posted was from someone called Josh – who told Christian to sell his sporting equipment "for a boomerang and hunt some kangaroos".<\/p>\n
In response Christian wrote: "Josh seems nice."<\/p>\n
Another troll then sent Christian a private message supporting Josh's comments.<\/p>\n
"Without them (first fleet) you wouldn't even been alive Mr. HalfCast."<\/p>\n
Christian captioned that one with: "Jim is lovely guy too."<\/p>\n
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The vile reaction was in response to Christian's tweet – where he told Scott Morrison to "read the room" \u2013 last week.<\/p>\n
"There'll be millions of kids watching our BBL games on the 26th January, and they'll seen us taking a knee against racism, and promoting inclusion for all. Take note," Christian said.<\/p>\n
The cricketer also hit back at Liberal-National Party senator Gerard Rennick, who had labelled the Sydney Sixers star as a "self-entitled, privileged, professional sportsman with a persecution complex". Rennick also directed Christian to the Federal Budget, saying "billions are spent assisting Aboriginals each year".<\/p>\n
Christian responded: "Morning Senator. I don't need to read the budget, that's above my pay grade. I'm purely supporting Cricket Australia's stance to change the date to a day that isn't the anniversary of the beginning of the attempted genocide of our First Nations' People. That's all champ. Enjoy your day."<\/p>\n
South Sydney Rabbitohs star Latrell Mitchell also rallied behind Christian on his Instagram page.<\/p>\n
"I stand with Cricket Australia," wrote Mitchell. "Such a positive step."<\/p>\n
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