Has welcome to country worn out its welcome?

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s declaration that Indigenous welcome to country ceremonies are overdone was one of the cut through moments of Sunday’s leaders’ debate – but perhaps more telling was Anthony Albanese’s failure to challenge him over it. Albanese, by putting the onus onto organisations to decide whether to hold welcome to country ceremonies, effectively offered a tacit concession to a growing number of voters who feel such events and acknowledgement of country statements have become too frequent.

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