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Scrap the Welcomes to…

7 September 2024

9:00 AM

7 September 2024

9:00 AM

Dear Sir, I am currently attending a conference in a major Australian city. Upon landing here I was welcomed to country. In the five days since, I’ve been welcomed to country another 20 times and there’s more to go. Despite this being a major medical conference, I’ve heard about white privilege, systemic racism and ‘always was, always will be’ throughout.

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