High-profile councillor reveals herself as complainant in Mick Mundine sexual assault case
A City of Sydney councillor has identified herself as the complainant in the child sexual abuse allegations against influential Indigenous elder Mick Mundine.
Yvonne Weldon AM, 55, took to social media to confirm that she is the alleged victim in a police investigation into historical child sex abuse allegations against the brother of late legendary boxer Tony Mundine and uncle of former NRL player and boxer Anthony Mundine.
Weldon was the first Aboriginal candidate for Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney in 2021 before running again in 2024. Steven Siewert
It is the first time Weldon, who was the first Aboriginal candidate for Lord Mayor of the City of Sydney in 2021, has spoken publicly about her link to the allegations against Mundine.
She said she was pushing to break the cyclic nature of abuse.
“I have carried this for 40 years. It’s time to no longer carry it,” she wrote in an Instagram post.
“I came forward for the children who are here now, and to break the culture of silence that allows abuse to continue.
Mick Mundine has been chief executive of the Aboriginal Housing Company for most of its 53-year history. Brendan Esposito
“To other survivors of abuse in its many forms you are not alone. It is never too late to speak up and seek support.”
The councillor said it would be the only statement she would be making about the matter now it was before the courts, asking for the privacy of her and her family.
Mundine, who is a prominent Sydney Indigenous elder, was arrested at about 7am on Thursday in Redfern over the alleged sexual assault of a 15-year-old girl in the suburb in June 1986.
He was taken to Newtown Police Station and later charged with sexual assault – assault and commit indecent act, and sexual assault of a person under 16 years of age.
He was granted conditional bail to appear at Downing Centre Local Court next Wednesday.
His lawyer, Fahim Arya, confirmed Mundine would fight the charges.
The 79-year-old, who has been the chief executive of the Aboriginal Housing Company for most of its 53-year history, has worked in the Redfern community for decades.
Despite decades of opposition, the organisation completed the $70 million Pemulwuy Project in 2023 at The Block, a significant Aboriginal-managed precinct in Redfern.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic and Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
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