Barnsey, Farnsey Found Out Reclaim Australia Is Using Their Songs; They Don't Love It

First Barnsey took a swipe at Reclaim Australia. Then Farnsey followed suit. This truly has been a great week for our country.

It’s 1993 all over again, with both Jimmy Barnes' and Johnny Farnham’s music making headlines. Pleasingly, it’s for the right reasons, with the two of them taking on the Reclaim Australia movement that has bafflingly been sweeping the nation.

According to Reclaim Australia's website, which is just not worth linking to, their mission is to protest Islam and battle religious extremism. Despite claims of peaceful intentions, their events have been overtaken by neo-nazis and racist rhetoric, as well as unfortunate sing-along renditions of Cold Chisel’s “Khe Sanh”, Johnny Farnham’s “You’re the Voice”, and Lee Kernaghan’s “Spirit of the Anzacs”.

Barnsey was having none of it.

“The Australia I belong to and love is a tolerant Australia,” he announced on his official Facebook page, adding, “none of these people represent me and I do not support them,” before likely concluding with his signature howl.

Soon after, Reclaim Australia mournfully agreed to no longer play Cold Chisel’s “Khe Sanh” at their events, though they were “deeply saddened” by Jimmy’s wishes. What a tough time for them! It must have been very difficult to hear that their beliefs are not welcome and that they do not represent the nation in which they have made a home.

But then, just as Reclaim Australia’s darkest day seem to be nearing an end, a lone bagpipe rang out from the distance.

John Farnham’s longtime manager Glenn Wheatley announced in a statement that they similarly didn’t approve of Reclaim Australia’s inclusion of “You’re The Voice” at events or in their YouTube videos, describing its use in their context as “disgusting.”

Kernaghan is yet to make a statement in response to his song’s re-appropriation by Reclaim Australia.