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Dutton’s comments on Welcome to Country disappointing: First Nations academic

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton declared Welcome to Country ceremonies are ‘overdone’ at the final debate with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, held this week. A First Nations academic claims people still don’t want to acknowledge we’re on Aboriginal Land, adding most non-Indigenous Australians lack understanding between acknowledgment Country and Welcome to Country. Image: MPs-CC-BY-NC-ND-2.0 Produced By: …

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Babies’ Welcome to Country an important event for First Nations families

A First Nations organisation in Brisbane has recently hosted a ceremony welcoming babies to country. The aim of the ceremony is to celebrate the newest members of the community, and to commit to teaching them to be strong, prosperous, and proud. The organisation, Inala ‘Wangarra’, meaning ‘One People’, provides culturally safe social, health and human …

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