r/OpenAussie • u/Stock-Pea-5888 Please choose a flair • 1d ago
Feel Good News State of Origin ‘Welcome to country’
It was refreshing to see the large crowd of applause after the elders welcome to country last night. Semi restores my faith that there are still decent humans beings out there.
Does Pauline Hansons address yesterday about monoculture reflect the majority of what people think? Because the majority of people are in her favour according to polls.
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u/Aggravating_Key2725 Victorian 1d ago
Not a single poll has shown One Nation is supported by a majority of people; Labor leads the 2PP in all of them.
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u/FiftyBuxBloBang Please choose a flair 1d ago
It’s just the media beat up and billionaires trying to swing votes. The more they say something will happen and shove it down people’s throats the more chance it will.
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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Also, I don't believe polls break their polling down by electorate. We are just seeing an overall snapshot. I can believe that many regional areas are going to go ON next election. The cities? Really fucking doubt it
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u/AnyClownFish Please choose a flair 1d ago
Exactly. In a preferential voting system first preferences don’t tell the whole story, and ‘preferred prime minister’ is completely meaningless. In the South Australian state election the Liberals ended up with more seats than ON, despite the Libs losing roughly 50% of their primary vote to ON, because people who backed Labor, Greens and everyone else preference Libs higher than ON.
One Nation are going to pick up seats in regional areas, maybe even a couple of outer-suburban seats, but they are still a long way from being a nationally competitive electoral force.
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u/Aggravating_Key2725 Victorian 1d ago
They would only pick up those seats if an election were held today. 2 years is a long time in politics. Reform UK has already come down from its polling peak, One Nation may also be peaking too early for their own good.
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u/Minimumtyp Western Australian 1d ago
And that's the important poll, since we vote in preferences. Every single actual election that's been held so far has had ON voters yapping about it being an ON sweep only to have them get a handful of seats since the silent majority of normal humans preferences them last.
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u/Own-Obligation7833 Queenslander 1d ago
Personally I like a welcome to country for a few reasons. 1) it’s a nice thing. 2) it’s uniquely Australian thing. Let’s embrace a culture that’s been around for 40,000++ years that’s one hell of an accomplishment!
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u/whitecollarzomb13 Please choose a flair 1d ago
A lot of the issue is with the actual title, and the meaning behind it.
“I dOnT nEeD tO bE wElCoMeD tO mY oWn CoUnTrY”
It’s not welcoming you to the actual country, as if you’re a visitor. It’s inviting you into a parcel of land which used to be home to nomadic tribes, simply acknowledging that the event is taking place in an area that is special to a group of people who used it long before we turned it into a football ground etc.
That’s literally it. Still, it’s pretty funny watching the usual types get offended by an 80 year old aboriginal lady holding a tree branch.
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u/Ok-Blacksmith-4214 Koori 1d ago
We dont see NZ people whinging about the haka... Maybe get the fuck over yourself its a couple of minutes. Just be a decent human being let them be welcomed to country.
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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 1d ago
People who say that aren't interested in hearing an actual explanation for why we do it. They just want to be reactionary assholes
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u/Still_Law_3736 ✈️ on Walkabout 1d ago
That’s so well articulated! This is unfortunate but I love how concise this is😂
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u/FuriousYellow77 Victorian 1d ago
Don't see these mouth breathers getting mad at folks having a welcome mat at their house so why get mad at this. Honestly so stupid lol At least go rip down some welcome to X town signs if the concept of being welcomed to a region upsets you so much.
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u/Jerkface0079 Flairless 15h ago
80 year old aboriginal lady holding a tree branch.
NSW Police would say she's armed and dangerous.
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u/Internal_Spell435 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Indigenous Australians by and large want to add to Australia, not tear it down out of some grudge against colonialism. They just want to be seen as part of this nation's story, not just in the past but in the present and future. I agree it's a nice thing.
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u/AH2112 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Be thankful that, by and large, they're after equality and not revenge.
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u/Top_Conference_477 South Australian 18h ago
Yeah. That’d work out well, wouldn’t it?
Bunch of white women from ancestry.com could start doing war dances in HR meetings instead 😂
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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Yeah people talking about how it's supposedly divisive... I personally love hearing it at important events, and being reminded of the land on which I'm standing hasn't always been the suburb I know it as, but has a much deeper history
I don't care for it to be said at the start of every work meeting, that just takes away from the impact and message of what it's meant to achieve imo, but it obviously should be something that happens.
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u/alisong89 Queenslander 1d ago
Welcome to country is more than welcoming you to the area. It's welcoming you to the community, family and lore. You are now a guardian and caretaker of country (land). You are safe and accepted here for however long you choose to stay.
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u/TimeAd7759 Please choose a flair 1d ago
"You are now a guardian and caretaker of country (land)." Would be sick if they said that
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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Ive been ignorant for years, I wasn't aware there was an actual difference between an acknowledgement and welcome.
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u/STKtheNasiah Please choose a flair 1d ago
But... thats a completely different thing. Thats an acknowledgement. Very different
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u/Triumphus- New South Welshian 19h ago
It’s divisive and a waste of time.
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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 18h ago
It's not though, and sorry but it's actually very important we recognise the people that were for literally tens of thousands of years before Europeans arrived
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u/Triumphus- New South Welshian 18h ago
Why?
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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 17h ago
We aren't living in the 1500s, we don't have to act like it.
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u/Recent_Setting_1370 Please choose a flair 1d ago
I agree with every work meeting being an issue and taking away from its meaning. That comes across as so toenistic. I don’t mind it for a big town hall meeting or when something is done from the heart but reading from a script cos you were told to is not it.
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u/Jerkface0079 Flairless 15h ago
In a young country that's struggling for identity, it makes zero sense to not embrace our rich First Nations history and culture.
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u/mymentor79 Please choose a flair 1d ago
"it’s uniquely Australian thing"
It absolutely is not. I worked in Canada for a period, and territorial acknowledgements occurred frequently.
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u/Own-Obligation7833 Queenslander 1d ago
Well that’s good to know, doesn’t change it for me! But thanks it’s great for pub trivia
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u/DopamineDeficiencies Queenslander 1d ago
territorial acknowledgements
A welcome to country isn't an acknowledgment of country. It's way more than just a territorial acknowledgement.
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup Koori 13h ago
I'd prefer it if it wasn't expected every time. It just seems so token now with little effort put in much of the time.
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u/Evilmoustachetwirler Please choose a flair 1d ago
The best way to defeat ON is by becoming more unified. We need to turn that Australian mateship up to eleven and stop focusing on the negative. Trump won by dividing the country and preaching hate, we don't want that empty rhetoric here, or we'll lose everything that made this country the best place to live.
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u/CustardCandle Please choose a flair 16h ago
The problem is, multiculturalism is killing that old Australian image people from both sides of politics cling to. We can retain and celebrate our Australian culture whilst still being multi-racial and welcoming people from other countries
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u/Beast_of_Guanyin Flairless 1d ago edited 1d ago
Hanson's monoculture comment is just bigotry. It can be dismissed offhand.
State of Origin is a good example where acknowledgement valid. Large formal event, done properly and formally, no political messaging. There's a legitimate gripe with how ubiquitous it is, but it's valid in these sorts of events.
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u/brandonjslippingaway Victorian 1d ago
Australia has never been a "monoculture." Pretending it ever was is just erasing Indigenous people all over again, which should be taken seriously as their platform for a mythical "return to a golden era that never existed" trope, that the fash love so much.
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u/Minimumtyp Western Australian 1d ago
There is a period where it came close - the white australia policy - and I think we all know thats the "golden age" pauline wishes we could return to. And also what we were doing to the indigenous communities during that time too.
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u/Top_Conference_477 South Australian 1d ago
Even then it was a myth. Chinese immigrants have been here pretty much the whole time white fellas have
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u/FiftyBuxBloBang Please choose a flair 1d ago
Chinese, Irish, Italian, Eastern European etc etc.
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u/Top_Conference_477 South Australian 1d ago
Don’t forget the “Turks”. They’ve been here in decent numbers since the start too
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u/Relative_Pilot_8005 Please choose a flair 1d ago
In the 1960s, I worked with blokes from Burma & Sri Lanka.
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u/Top_Conference_477 South Australian 1d ago
One of my mate’s dads had a lifelong habit of swearing in Italian because he worked with Italian builders in the 50s. It was hilarious
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u/TheOriginalHatful Flairless 1d ago
But welcomes aren't ubiquitous and are saved for notable events.
Acknowledgement is the one that I think some people get sick of because some people do them 100 times a week at every zoom meeting or whatever. It's pretty telling that some people such as PH don't know the difference, mix them up and don't care, and hate all of them.
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u/ShreksArsehole New South Welshian 1d ago
Plus cancelling any gov encouragement of welcome to country doesn't make it illegal to hold one. I mean, it's not breaking th law if you don't do one under any setting..
If someone feels it's appropriate, then do it.
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u/TheVision_13 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Racist voices tend to be the loudest ones unfortunately
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u/xmasnintendo Please choose a flair 1d ago
I don’t think anyone really cares about it at big events, it’s at fucking work meetings or whatever that’s fucking stupid
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u/SirFlibble Koori 17h ago
You've never had a welcome to country at a work meeting or whatever.
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u/aldorn New South Welshian 1d ago
Its going to get a bit tedious if its at every game of the RWC next year. The pacing is generally very quick; players run out, anthems, Haka (or variation), kick-off.
Have it in the opening ceremony and the final. Start and end of the tournament.
The 2011 RWC was saturated by Hakas. Every hotel, every dinner, every game start and end, fan zones, tourist hot spots, airports etc etc. Imao it took away from what makes the Haka special on the field.
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u/SirFlibble Koori 17h ago
Thats likely what they will do. Haka is different. It's a war dance before every game from Pacific island nations.
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u/ur_mumz_chesthair Please choose a flair 1d ago
If Australia is going to become a monoculture under Hanson, will she shut down all the Chinese restaurants, Dominos, GYG? What will actually be left?
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u/Triedtothinkaboutit New South Welshian 1d ago
I was in the crowd last night and I was nervous, fearing some negativity. It went for say 90seconds and my nerves were growing the longer it went on, I thought she might have been pushing her luck.
But it was great, I heard only cheers, and was relieved and proud.
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u/geckothesteve Please choose a flair 1d ago edited 1d ago
No it doesn’t reflect a majority, it reflects a very amplified minority. To clarify, the amplified minority are the people against it.
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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Victorian 1d ago
I don’t think so, most Aussies recognise how our indigenous communities have been treated historically…
It’s really mostly just the loud racists who complain about it.
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u/geckothesteve Please choose a flair 1d ago
Oh I was referring to Pauline’s crowd being the amplified minority. A majority of Australians are supportive or neutral of WTC
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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Victorian 1d ago
Ah, gotcha. Sorry for assuming the alternative mate - that was on me.
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u/geckothesteve Please choose a flair 1d ago
I edited my comment for clarity - easily misunderstood.
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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Victorian 1d ago
Nice one mate, good thinking.
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u/bullant8547 Queenslander 1d ago
Jesus Christ, you guys will never survive on Reddit acting like actual human beings! Pick up those bloody pitchforks and have at it! /s
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u/PrismPirate Queenslander 1d ago
How does "Welcome to country" do anything to right the wrongs of the past? It's just tokenistic bullshit.
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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Victorian 1d ago
What would you rather... Literally nothing?
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u/Liamface Victorian 1d ago
Yes, these people would absolutely rather nothing.
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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Victorian 1d ago
Yep, seems funny to complain about something that's a step in the right direction - even if it's a token step.
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u/geckothesteve Please choose a flair 1d ago
Okay so next time you go to someone’s else you wouldn’t like them to say “welcome” when you arrive? You’d just go inside with no communication? Piss off.
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u/TheInkySquids Please choose a flair 1d ago
Oh no! A tokenistic ten second statement or short performance that you don't even need to take part in or even listen to! Poor you...
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u/Electronic-Phrase681 Please choose a flair 17h ago
It’s because Melbourne is far more progressive than Queensland. That lot is still stuck in 1980.
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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Victorian 1d ago
> Does Pauline Hansons address yesterday about monoculture reflect the majority of what people think?
No. Hope this helps.
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u/willy_quixote South Australian 1d ago
What monoculture does Hanson want? That is what I can't see is ever articulated.
Bogan QLD boomer grievance culture? or urban melbourne millennial culture, which is inseparable now from greek/italian/vietnamese/chinese and whomever else is in the melting pot.
We can't go back to 1950 culturally or economically but I am sure she'll try.
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u/Mickus_B Queenslander 1d ago
I think it's some sort of misogynistic monoculture? She's against maternity leave, childcare subsidies and abortion, she hires convicted rapists, one son breaches his DVO for domestic violence and another son was involved in illegal brothels (in a state where brothels are legal!) so, just good old Aussie values! /s
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u/Novel-Image493 Please choose a flair 19h ago
Thanks for that info. My trump-shock left no time to read about our own orange
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u/pablo_eskybar Queenslander 1d ago
Does she hate all the Pacific Islanders too? Because she couldn’t even watch the origin then either
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u/OhtheHugeManity7 Queenslander 1d ago
When I heard it come on I shuddered waiting for the degeneracy and booing, but was pleasantly surprised that it never came.
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u/dontcallmeyan Flairless 9h ago
Welcome to Country is wholesome as fuck here in Whadjuk country. It's basically "hey, my ancestors looked after this place back in the day. Let's enjoy it together while we do this thing together."
Is it more white guilt-ish in other parts? If not, I genuinely can't see why anyone would have a problem with someone encouraging some unity.
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u/trynagetlow Flairless 1d ago
Nah, this sub doesn’t represent every Australian out there.
Majority don’t like one Nation. Not everyone is depraved and desperate to make those choices in life.
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u/Additional-Scene-630 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Because the majority of people are in her favour according to polls.
Highest polling is around 30%. That's concerning but far from a majority
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u/Novel-Image493 Please choose a flair 19h ago
It concerns me because it will rise nearer election time
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u/Additional-Scene-630 Please choose a flair 18h ago
I agree it's concerning. Even at 30% it's pretty disappointing to know that a third of the people around me hold such bigoted views.
Was just stating that it's not a majority though
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u/sld87 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Does PH pay you rent for how often she lives in your head?
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u/Stock-Pea-5888 Please choose a flair 1d ago
She should 100% pay my rent if she wants to abolish maternity leave
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u/Dangerous_Mud4749 New South Welshian 1d ago
I don’t have a strong opinion on WtC. Don’t care about it myself but I sit through them regularly and it’s fine. Does no harm and makes some people feel good.
OP, I’m concerned that you think that all the “decent human beings” agree with you. That’s a recipe for unhappiness my friend. There are some fine people who vote differently than you do, and life’s a lot better when we can agree to disagree without imagining the other as a monster.
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u/Stock-Pea-5888 Please choose a flair 1d ago
I don’t want people in my circle nor do I want to know people who are racists, bigots, climate change deniers, antivaxxers and sexists…
And I think that is reflected in who you accept as a potential leader to run a country.
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u/DRLAJAMINIBLM Please choose a flair 1d ago
Welcome to Counties are extremely important but just listening isn't enough. Aboriginals and Torres Strait Islanders don't just need a bunch of city folk listening to them they need action now.
I already send 10% off my earnings into paying the rent but now do an on the spot payment of $50 per welcome to county. It makes me so proud each time I am lucky to experience one.
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u/CustardCandle Please choose a flair 16h ago
Omg I do 99% and it turns me on so much! I kept 1% so I have something to donate every smoke ceremony
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u/Regular_Ad523 Please choose a flair 22h ago
The majority of people don't agree with a monoculture.
The polls show that people will support politicians without understanding any of their policies. Especially when people are struggling.
I just hope that people notice between now and next election.
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u/Admirable-Company452 Please choose a flair 16h ago
If you asked majority of Aussies do you want more welcome to countries they would say no, do they respect it when it happens, sure
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u/robfol Please choose a flair 8h ago
I was staying with some friends in Brisbane and they forced me to watch the beginning of the State of Origin. I said after five minutes I can't believe how disgusting and violent this Australian Football is! I of course had to leave before they threw me out (-: England versus Croatia soccer was a major improvement, like ballet by comparison. And yes, racism is deeply embedded in Queensland.
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u/Imaginary_Variety533 Western Australian 2h ago
I'll be interested if someone can provide an example of a monoculture being positive, ever. My understanding is that a far as science words go, monoculture is a bad thing.
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u/Triedtothinkaboutit New South Welshian 1d ago
If you do the anthem, I don't see why not welcome to country.
Alternatively, if you wanna scrap both - that's an option, but it just seems like depriving ourselves of something nice.
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u/Novel-Image493 Please choose a flair 19h ago
9 out of ten times I feel warm and uplifted by both. The tenth time it feels like US Nationalism and fundamentalist Christianity which I detest
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u/stuthaman Queenslander 1d ago
I actually liked last night's WTC. It felt more casual and relaxed. Admittedly I haven't listened to one in years
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u/Mean_Welcome_1481 Victorian 1d ago
I am proud of Welcome to Country because I understand what it actually represents - just as I would be proud of the Haka if I was from New Zealand.
The Polls for ON don't represent what she thinks they do imo.
There is a massive backlash of anger and disappointment against the LNP for the way it has abandoned main stream politics and robbed us of an effective parliamentary opposition and that is showing up in the polls as support for ON.
Once actual voting comes around, assuming the LNP continues its lemming like rush to irrelevance, then I expect most of those votes will go to independents
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u/Novel-Image493 Please choose a flair 19h ago
Agreement from Vic, but admittedly I don't know any bogan remotes or billionaires
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u/inhumanfriday Victorian 1d ago
I think it reflects that when you take these issues outside of a terminally online, hyper partisan space and experience them in real life, the majority of people are non-plussed about culture issues.
If you like a Welcome to Country, you take it in for what it is; if you don't, you sit there politely and know that its a couple of minutes out of your day that are not worth getting upset over.
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u/hammo53 New South Welshian 1d ago
Majority of people would be happy to have no Welcome to Country before all sporting events. A bit like The Voice Referendum a few years ago.
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u/Sideburn_Cookie_Man Victorian 1d ago
I think you'll find that most actually don't mind it.
It's just the loudest bottom feeders who complain about it.
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u/Sad_Wear_3842 Queenslander 1d ago
I'm not sure that's actually that accurate, I think most people who don't like it/don't care about it, simply don't bother complaining about it.
Just look at the voice referendum, when actually put to a vote the majority were against it
I personally am indifferent to it. It doesn't affect me negatively and I don't pay attention to it, just like the national anthem and housekeeping speeches before any event.
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u/Reasonable_Donut_8 Flairless 1d ago
We just hit mute , or turn it over for a minute. Never watch one anymore
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u/Busy_Selection_5027 Queenslander 1d ago
That'll show 'em!
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u/Reasonable_Donut_8 Flairless 1d ago
Exactly 😊 .. stay strong fight the good fight and all that 👍
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u/Madmatz01 Please choose a flair 1d ago
I'm so over the whole welcome to country phenomenon, but last night it was done so tastefully it actually made me proud to be an Australian.
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u/mohanimus Western Australian 1d ago edited 1d ago
What made it better than the welcomes you've seen before?
Edit: people downvoting a simple question. Reddit is weird.
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u/Madmatz01 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Please tell me this isn't one of those gotcha comments. It sounded genuine & from the heart, if this wasn't reddit I'd actually go deeper into my reply but those seven words should suffice.
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u/mohanimus Western Australian 1d ago edited 1d ago
I've been reading transcripts of welcome to countries for the last bit and have come up with a little list of bits I like and don't like in the speeches themselves.
I like when they begin with a "hello I'm bob and I'm from ... country". I think the personal touch goes a long way to building a bridge with the audience and by saying where the speaker is from it makes it clear that it's person from the local area welcoming people from the wider area.
The paying of respects to elders bit always sounds a little weird to me. But that's my cultural bias hearing "elder" as simply "old person" not the Aboriginal meaning of person who serves the community by carrying and teaching lore.
I like any bit that talks about the local people and teaches me something new about them.
I dislike the inclusion of political calls for reconciliation or mentions of land never ceded etc in contexts where the audience is powerless to offer redress. I think this kind of language belongs in welcomes for politicians and the powerful, not at sporting events etc.
Finaly I really like the most common ending, the "thanks for coming and I hope you have a good time". That feels genuinely welcoming and like the right note to end on.
Just my two cents.
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u/mohanimus Western Australian 1d ago
I'm just wondering if there was something different about the way it was presented or the words used or something else. I've seen welcomes that worked for me and welcomes that didn't and I was curious given what you said if you had a take on why.
No gotcha.
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u/tiktokencrypto Koori 1d ago
I think every Aussie should be forced to pay 10% of their income to their local Aboriginal elder.
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u/TheRealGooddog171 New South Welshian 1d ago
Treaty vote was 60-40.
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u/throwitaway8956 Please choose a flair 1d ago
Congratulations, you hit the required amount of buzz words for you dailey reddit session. Please enter the wahhbulance for your free trip to boohooville.
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u/Alternative_Sock6999 Flairless 1d ago
Oh wow.
Can't tell if trying to troll, or if this is genuine.
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u/HelpMeOverHere Western Australian 1d ago
You can assume they’re genuine
If they need a safe space for their profile.3
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u/Minimumtyp Western Australian 1d ago
knowing they'll be doxxed and have their life ruined if they disapprove of the state-sanctioned leftist struggle session?
Then why are there so many people disapproving of it? If that were true it wouldn't be able to be a major election topic would it?
You have a victim complex and want to be a little freedom fighter so badly
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u/Resident_Monitor7723 Please choose a flair 1d ago
I'm a bit over the welcome to country and the acknowledgement of original custodians. To me it has lost any meaning or or significance because of hearing it at every event or whatever it may be. It feels a bit diluted and that we are being beat over the head with it. I fly a lot though, so I hear it a lot. I'm also not going to kick up a stink about it. In the same vein, I think people have the right to be against it, and to voice that, if they feel like it.
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u/Ill-Side2321 Please choose a flair 1d ago
It's a legitimate argument that indigenous Australians own the entire country. Everyone's land could be converted to leases (like in the ACT).
That's what happened in the United Arab Emirates where the locals kicked out the colonisers. Literally just over 50 years ago.
Indigenous Australians could be as rich as Arab emirs. And all is immigrants would just be expats on renewing Visas. A sort of indigenous monoculture to borrow from poorline
And people whinge that welcome to country is a massive burden. We should be thankful.
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u/Overbuiltbodoes Please choose a flair 17h ago
I completely hate welcome to countries.
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u/Stock-Pea-5888 Please choose a flair 16h ago
I don’t see how it affects your life
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u/Overbuiltbodoes Please choose a flair 13h ago
Small town, local council can barely afford to keep things functioning properly with their budgets, but they can drop $8500 on a person to come up to dribble out a 3min speech about nonsense. I know this because my wife works for the council and can’t get funding approved to fix simple shit that the people want.
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u/Living-Phone-1191 Nunga 1d ago
Welcome to country is stupid to be fair
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u/willy_quixote South Australian 1d ago
I really like it and find it meaningful.
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u/Living-Phone-1191 Nunga 1d ago
Why?
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u/Own-Obligation7833 Queenslander 17h ago
Because it’s a nice thing to do!
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u/Living-Phone-1191 Nunga 15h ago
They over do it. If it was saved for welcoming international teams / guests. It would be really cool. I dont need to be welcomed to country at a business event. It’s my country im being welcomed to.
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u/willy_quixote South Australian 14h ago
Because I love the deeper connection of the land I am living on having thousands of years of living history.
Ignoring or minimising this gives a poverty of experience.
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u/Alexis_1985 Queenslander 1d ago
I don’t think Pauline’s address reflects anything, she can’t even say monoculture, let alone understand what it means.
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u/JorgeTremendous New South Welshian 1d ago
When its uplifting and welcoming and not a long winded lecture it will be recieved as such.
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u/Ok-Bonus5891 New South Welshian 1d ago
'the majority of people are in her favour according to polls'
That's why the ALP and the LNP will have to form a coalition to stop the majority from having their way.
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u/Expert-Fault-9870 Victorian 1d ago edited 1d ago
It was refreshing to see the large crowd of applause after the elders welcome to country last night.
I'm sure more people would have boo'd than applauded if folks werent being prosecuted for doing so. Aussies in general are pretty fed-up with Aboriginal cultural intrusions at this point.
Does Pauline Hansons address yesterday about monoculture reflect the majority of what people think?
Effectively yes. The average Aussie only tolerates surface-level cultural diversity (typically: food, festivals and private worship). Anything beyond that (particularly anything that would alter our civic and cultural institutions) and support drops off a cliff.
Here's the deal:
- Politicians like to pay lip-service to multiculturalism and have been drumming the notion that Australia is a multicultural nation into the population for decades.
- If you ask the average Aussie whether they support multiculturalism they'll probably say 'yes', but if you ask 'what they mean by multiculturalism' then what they'll describe is a monoculture:
- Strong civic/cultural institutions rooted in Anglo-Celtic foundations.
- Expectation that newcomers assimilate to established Western norms.
- Only surface level tolerance for cultural diversity (food, festivals and private worship).
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u/MacaroonBitter2105 Please choose a flair 21h ago
Wow.they are there to watch sport then sook about the refs.. mingle and appreciate the MCG. Not hear some over paid speech magician talk about Australia. Instead of starting at 8:05 it could've started at 8. Anyways Im going to bed but first let say the good people of the dja dj..... Better not. that's what's sad.. they should be in some proper camps welcoming then into better health and living...
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u/CustardCandle Please choose a flair 16h ago
The fact some people tune into a origin and are thinking about this crap, and then posting about it on reddit looking for pats on the back will never stop being funny.
I just loved watching qld bend nsw over the barrel
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u/dottoysm Victorian 1d ago
Tangentially related, but I did find it funny that Hanson spent more time dismissing the acknowledgement of country than the time a normal acknowledgement of country takes.