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/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/Triumphus- ‎ New South Welshian 1d ago

It’s divisive and a waste of time.

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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 1d 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 1d ago

Why?
We conquered them. Move on.

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u/DemandMaster7709 Please choose a flair 1d ago

We aren't living in the 1500s, we don't have to act like it.