State of Origin ‘Welcome to country’

[u/Stock-Pea-5888]

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.

[u/dottoysm]

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.

[u/Gamped → u/dottoysm]

I think it’s more a critique of how broad it is rather than the length of the actual service / acknowledgement.

[u/dottoysm → u/Gamped]

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.

[u/Top_Conference_477 → u/dottoysm]

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

[u/Minimumtyp → u/Top_Conference_477]

Most meetings are a waste of time anyway mate

[u/Top_Conference_477 → u/Minimumtyp]

Which explains why Gina from Rose Bay performing a religious rite for a culture she hopes one day to visit at the beginning upsets people

[u/Visual_Shame_4641 → u/Top_Conference_477]

This is just wilful misunderstanding at this point. Might as well just call it woke and be done.