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Letter to Oz

No, I don’t feel welcomed to my country

28 September 2024

9:00 AM

28 September 2024

9:00 AM

My fellow Australians, I write to you regarding our ongoing, and by this point, centuries-old, disagreement over the land on which we both live. I draw your attention to a divisive version of the Welcome to Country practice performed by an elder at the AFL semi-finals which recently lobbed the ceremony into the public spotlight.

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