What is the difference between a welcome to country and an acknowledgement of country?

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Peter Dutton says welcome to country ceremonies are ‘overdone’, but the resulting discourse often mixes up the ceremony performed by traditional owners with a practice designed for others to pay respectElection 2025 live updates: Australia federal election campaignGet our afternoon election email, free app or daily news podcastIn the final days of the election campaign, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, has doubled-down on his comments that welcome to country ceremonies are “overdone”At a press conference on Monday, he listed Qantas’ move to acknowledge traditional owners on flights as an example of unnecessary recognition. Continue reading...

Peter Dutton says welcome to country ceremonies are ‘overdone’, but the resulting discourse often mixes up the ceremony performed by traditional owners with a practice designed for others to pay respect.