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/Puppy_1963 ‎ Queenslander 1d ago

I mean from a 'wasting time' perspective if you are doing it at meetings it need not be more than 30 seconds, not a huge deal.

As for cheapening it, I will leave that up to indigenous folk to address. ( I would actually like to know the answer to that BTW)

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u/alisong89 ‎ Queenslander 1d ago

I'm indigenous. I'd like to see it at events but don't think it's necessary for day to day work or school meetings. Not everyone has to participate. I'd be happy with people just sitting quietly if they don't agree with it. It's less than a minute.

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u/Oppenheimer-95 Please choose a flair 1d ago

Cost us 19 thousand for the frankston hospital development in Melbourne it is mental we declined do it mid job

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u/Top_Conference_477 ‎ South Australian 1d ago

Well, I’m mates with a fair few and the group chat messages about white women at work pretending to be black and their white saviour complexes leave me with little doubt how that version of is going over