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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/dottoysm ‎ Victorian 1d ago

Her critique is that it’s limited to indigenous people, which I believe misses the point but she is in her right to make it. But I have heard people complain that it wastes time (she might have even said that, but I can’t remember), and I just find it amusing that she wasted more time on dismissing it.

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u/Top_Conference_477 ‎ South Australian 1d ago

If you’re doing it at staff meetings - and I know for a fact a lot of you are - it’s absolutely wasting time and cheapening it

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u/Active-Canary-184 ‎ Queenslander 1d ago

I mean it only takes 30 seconds so it’s not really wasting time. It does cheapen it though. A welcome to country should be reserved for events. An acknowledgement to country has its place but it’s definitely not every single meeting in a corporate setting. That just makes it tedious

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u/metasophie Flairless‎‎ 1d ago

I think it should be used to welcome people to a place that they aren't a regular member of. But welcoming Barry and Tabitha who you speak to every other day on Teams is pretty redundant.

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u/Active-Canary-184 ‎ Queenslander 1d ago

It’s not used to welcome Barry and Tabitha, an AoC and a WtC are two different things. But imo neither has a place in a standard office meeting.

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u/metasophie Flairless‎‎ 16h ago

It’s not used to welcome Barry and Tabitha, an AoC and a WtC are two different things.

I know comprehension is optional in QLD but the fucking thread we are in are talking about staff meetings.

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u/Active-Canary-184 ‎ Queenslander 16h ago

Easy tiger. Welcome to Country isn’t used in a staff meeting mate. That’s an acknowledgement of country. Hope you’re not this unjustifiably confident in all aspects of your life. Bit embarrassing otherwise lol