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🚨 Labor moves to enshrine the unpopular ‘Welcome to Country’ ceremony in its official national platform to push back against racism and One Nation Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he is not focused on cultural wars and argued the ceremonies do not hurt anyone, describing them as a respectful tradition. "If I come into your home,I'll knock on the door and I'll say, it's okay if I come in, you'll go, yeah, welcome" A draft of Labor’s National Platform for the party’s 50th National Conference proposes formally backing Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies.

🚨 Labor moves to enshrine the unpopular ‘Welcome to Country’ ceremony in its official national platform to push back against racism and One Nation Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he is not focused on cultural wars and argued the ceremonies do not hurt anyone, describing them as a respectful tradition. "If I come into your home,I'll knock on the door and I'll say, it's okay if I come in, you'll go, yeah, welcome" A draft of Labor’s National Platform for the party’s 50th National Conference proposes formally backing Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies.

Rukshan Fernando

87,514 views • 2 months ago

Our Public Schools are failing thanks to a dreadful education system filled with woke activist teachers and Principals. They are too concerned with teaching our children Welcome to Country Ceremonies, and being told they need to constantly apologize for who they are, as well as being force fed Trans Agenda Ideology. If elected as the State Member for Granville I will ensure we go back to commonsense teaching. Kids will be taught to sing The National Anthem everyday at Assembly loudly and proudly under the Australian Flag, Welcome to Country Ceremonies, will be abolished, and Climate Hysteria Scare Teachings will be wiped out. The power will be restored back to the parents to determine how their children are taught and educated. (Its not Dharug Land Its Granville South Australia belongs to all of us)

Our Public Schools are failing thanks to a dreadful education system filled with woke activist teachers and Principals. They are too concerned with teaching our children Welcome to Country Ceremonies, and being told they need to constantly apologize for who they are, as well as being force fed Trans Agenda Ideology. If elected as the State Member for Granville I will ensure we go back to commonsense teaching. Kids will be taught to sing The National Anthem everyday at Assembly loudly and proudly under the Australian Flag, Welcome to Country Ceremonies, will be abolished, and Climate Hysteria Scare Teachings will be wiped out. The power will be restored back to the parents to determine how their children are taught and educated. (Its not Dharug Land Its Granville South Australia belongs to all of us)

Councillor Steve Christou Libertarian Party

13,570 views • 9 months ago

Stop lying Albanese “The Australian Labor Party has formally enshrined support for Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies in its updated draft national platform." V "Foreign investors and superannuation funds will typically pay much lower capital gains tax on non-property assets in Australia than local individuals, as a result of the Albanese government’s budget changes which widen the tax gap between different investors. As Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday continued to defend the proposed changes to CGT, saying Labor was about “a fair go for first home buyers”, local investors said the government was offering a better deal to big super funds and investors living abroad compared with individuals at home." ••••••••••• This word salad from Albanese really goes to show why he is unfit to lead the country. After saying he has never focused on culture wars he then goes on a mind bending semantic word salad about entering countries and welcoming people to their own homes. In other words he contradicted his initial statement by engaging in culture wars. Albanese has always been a culture warrior for the simple reason he has no real solutions to fix the economic malaise the Australian economy is in. In fact he seems determined to punish hard working Australians by imposing higher taxes on them than foreigners and his mates in the Superannuation industry. As Prime Minister for Australia he should rise above the culture war rhetoric and instead unify the nation by focusing on what all Australians want - greater prosperity and a better life for their children. He should focus on lower taxes, less regulation and more efficient government spending. At People First we know that the best way to make people welcome in their own country is to through better economic management of the economy so they can own a home. Sign up today at if you agree.

Stop lying Albanese “The Australian Labor Party has formally enshrined support for Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies in its updated draft national platform." V "Foreign investors and superannuation funds will typically pay much lower capital gains tax on non-property assets in Australia than local individuals, as a result of the Albanese government’s budget changes which widen the tax gap between different investors. As Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Tuesday continued to defend the proposed changes to CGT, saying Labor was about “a fair go for first home buyers”, local investors said the government was offering a better deal to big super funds and investors living abroad compared with individuals at home." ••••••••••• This word salad from Albanese really goes to show why he is unfit to lead the country. After saying he has never focused on culture wars he then goes on a mind bending semantic word salad about entering countries and welcoming people to their own homes. In other words he contradicted his initial statement by engaging in culture wars. Albanese has always been a culture warrior for the simple reason he has no real solutions to fix the economic malaise the Australian economy is in. In fact he seems determined to punish hard working Australians by imposing higher taxes on them than foreigners and his mates in the Superannuation industry. As Prime Minister for Australia he should rise above the culture war rhetoric and instead unify the nation by focusing on what all Australians want - greater prosperity and a better life for their children. He should focus on lower taxes, less regulation and more efficient government spending. At People First we know that the best way to make people welcome in their own country is to through better economic management of the economy so they can own a home. Sign up today at if you agree.

Gerard Rennick

24,364 views • 2 months ago

Scotland's First Minister will say Westminster's "race to the right" is pushing the country towards independence when he speaks at the party conference today. Party members backed John Swinney's plan to deliver a second referendum after elections in Scotland next year. ＠julietdunlop reports.

Scotland's First Minister will say Westminster's "race to the right" is pushing the country towards independence when he speaks at the party conference today. Party members backed John Swinney's plan to deliver a second referendum after elections in Scotland next year. ＠julietdunlop reports.

Good Morning Britain

11,762 views • 11 months ago

The Albanese Labor Government's introduction of new misinformation and disinformation legislation is just a renewed attack on freedom of speech in Australia. This terrible bill will be strongly opposed by One Nation Australia! Labor has never understood freedom of speech or how it works, and people always fear what they don’t understand. That’s why Labor wants to shut down freedom of speech. That’s why Labor wants to give itself the power to decide what is misinformation and disinformation, and use this power to silence honest debate and honest criticism. Labor is appalled at the very notion that Australians still have the right to say things that Labor doesn’t agree with. Labor doesn’t trust the Australian people to sort out truth from fiction for themselves. With this bill, Labor shows its contempt for the intelligence of the Australian people. Labor will use this power to silence dissent. If you speak the truth that gender ideology is contrived nonsense, or that climate change is a scam, or that COVID-19 vaccines are harmful – Labor will have the power to silence you. This bill is all the evidence this country needs to have a good, hard look at enshrining the right to free speech in the Constitution. One Nation tried to move an inquiry to kick start this process. Labor opposed it along with those other staunch opponents of free speech in Australia, the Greens. When are Australians going to wake up and understand these parties for what they are? They despise democracy and the principles which underpin its foundations. There is no democracy in Australia without freedom of speech, its most important principle. One Nation will always fight to protect true freedom of speech in our continual efforts to defend Australian democracy.

The Albanese Labor Government's introduction of new misinformation and disinformation legislation is just a renewed attack on freedom of speech in Australia. This terrible bill will be strongly opposed by One Nation Australia! Labor has never understood freedom of speech or how it works, and people always fear what they don’t understand. That’s why Labor wants to shut down freedom of speech. That’s why Labor wants to give itself the power to decide what is misinformation and disinformation, and use this power to silence honest debate and honest criticism. Labor is appalled at the very notion that Australians still have the right to say things that Labor doesn’t agree with. Labor doesn’t trust the Australian people to sort out truth from fiction for themselves. With this bill, Labor shows its contempt for the intelligence of the Australian people. Labor will use this power to silence dissent. If you speak the truth that gender ideology is contrived nonsense, or that climate change is a scam, or that COVID-19 vaccines are harmful – Labor will have the power to silence you. This bill is all the evidence this country needs to have a good, hard look at enshrining the right to free speech in the Constitution. One Nation tried to move an inquiry to kick start this process. Labor opposed it along with those other staunch opponents of free speech in Australia, the Greens. When are Australians going to wake up and understand these parties for what they are? They despise democracy and the principles which underpin its foundations. There is no democracy in Australia without freedom of speech, its most important principle. One Nation will always fight to protect true freedom of speech in our continual efforts to defend Australian democracy.

Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺

112,712 views • 2 years ago

25 years of Nayak. What drew me to Shivaji Rao was never just the journey from a common man to the Chief Minister. It was what he chose to do once he got there, to use the power he had to make a difference to the people. To portray a role with that kind of purpose was a privilege and perhaps that is why Nayak continues to find its way back to people even after 25 years. The love for your country, and the desire to do better for its people will never be irrelevant, and I will always be proud to have been a part of such a story. #RaniMukherjee #AmrishPuri Johny Lever Paresh Rawal Pooja Batra Shah #ShivaajiSatam Neena Kulkarni नीना कुळकर्णी #SaurabhShukla #SShankar #AMRathnam

25 years of Nayak. What drew me to Shivaji Rao was never just the journey from a common man to the Chief Minister. It was what he chose to do once he got there, to use the power he had to make a difference to the people. To portray a role with that kind of purpose was a privilege and perhaps that is why Nayak continues to find its way back to people even after 25 years. The love for your country, and the desire to do better for its people will never be irrelevant, and I will always be proud to have been a part of such a story. #RaniMukherjee #AmrishPuri Johny Lever Paresh Rawal Pooja Batra Shah #ShivaajiSatam Neena Kulkarni नीना कुळकर्णी #SaurabhShukla #SShankar #AMRathnam

Anil Kapoor

125,708 views • 11 days ago

MEET LABOR’S $930,000 MAN Michael Kaiser was active in Australian Labor Party politics from a young age and was State Secretary of the Queensland branch of the Labor Party from 1993 to 2000. He left his position as State Secretary when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in a by-election for the electorate of Woodridge in 2000. Kaiser's career in parliament was brief. He resigned firstly from the Labor Party and secondly as an MP in 2001 after admitting to the Shepherdson Inquiry into electoral fraud that he had been fraudulently enrolled in 1986 as part of a Labor Party branch stacking exercise.[ He was rehabilitated by the Labor Party in 2003 and served as its Assistant National Secretary in the lead up to and during the 2004 federal election. In July 2025 Kaiser was appointed as the Secretary of the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by Anthony Albanese on a salary package of $930,000 p.a with a 5 year contract. Just another of the "economic opportunities" created by the Net Zero scam.

MEET LABOR’S $930,000 MAN Michael Kaiser was active in Australian Labor Party politics from a young age and was State Secretary of the Queensland branch of the Labor Party from 1993 to 2000. He left his position as State Secretary when he was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in a by-election for the electorate of Woodridge in 2000. Kaiser's career in parliament was brief. He resigned firstly from the Labor Party and secondly as an MP in 2001 after admitting to the Shepherdson Inquiry into electoral fraud that he had been fraudulently enrolled in 1986 as part of a Labor Party branch stacking exercise.[ He was rehabilitated by the Labor Party in 2003 and served as its Assistant National Secretary in the lead up to and during the 2004 federal election. In July 2025 Kaiser was appointed as the Secretary of the federal Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water by Anthony Albanese on a salary package of $930,000 p.a with a 5 year contract. Just another of the "economic opportunities" created by the Net Zero scam.

Craig Kelly:🇦🇺Foundation for Economic Education

37,142 views • 9 months ago

#BREAKING If you still didn’t know whether Anthony Albanese hated Australia, his latest move has removed all doubt. He is now attempting to replace the Australian flag, the same flag our grandfathers fought and died under in World War I and II. Peta Credlin, says that the topic will be hot on the agenda at the ALP National Conference which starts on Thursday. They saw our flag and in particular the Union Jack is a symbol of “oppression and colonialism” and that the Albanese Government also wants to “enshrine Welcomes To Country” which will also be up for debate and the platform will be “binding” if it gets up on every Labor member. This is a clear sign that Anthony Albanese has still not read the room and is still chasing his far left childhood fantasies. At the expense of every Australian who is proud of our flag and loves this country. Albanese, like with the decisive voice, is hellbent on trying to rip it apart.

#BREAKING If you still didn’t know whether Anthony Albanese hated Australia, his latest move has removed all doubt. He is now attempting to replace the Australian flag, the same flag our grandfathers fought and died under in World War I and II. Peta Credlin, says that the topic will be hot on the agenda at the ALP National Conference which starts on Thursday. They saw our flag and in particular the Union Jack is a symbol of “oppression and colonialism” and that the Albanese Government also wants to “enshrine Welcomes To Country” which will also be up for debate and the platform will be “binding” if it gets up on every Labor member. This is a clear sign that Anthony Albanese has still not read the room and is still chasing his far left childhood fantasies. At the expense of every Australian who is proud of our flag and loves this country. Albanese, like with the decisive voice, is hellbent on trying to rip it apart.

Ryan Dally

30,492 views • 1 month ago

Today in the Senate, I defended One Nation’s right to protest “Welcome to Country” and Acknowledgement of Country in Parliament. Labor and the Greens want to silence us, but I will not back down. For years, I’ve stood against this divisive practice that tells Australians they don’t belong in their own country. “Welcome to Country” is not an ancient tradition. It was invented in the 1970s. It’s been forced into every part of public life, trains, schools, parliaments, whether people want it or not. Australians voted against division when they rejected the Voice. They’re sick of being told this land isn’t theirs. They're sick of being shut out of places in their own country. I’m speaking up for them because they deserve to be heard. I believe in equality. Always have. Always will. We are all Australians. That’s the only acknowledgement we need.

Today in the Senate, I defended One Nation’s right to protest “Welcome to Country” and Acknowledgement of Country in Parliament. Labor and the Greens want to silence us, but I will not back down. For years, I’ve stood against this divisive practice that tells Australians they don’t belong in their own country. “Welcome to Country” is not an ancient tradition. It was invented in the 1970s. It’s been forced into every part of public life, trains, schools, parliaments, whether people want it or not. Australians voted against division when they rejected the Voice. They’re sick of being told this land isn’t theirs. They're sick of being shut out of places in their own country. I’m speaking up for them because they deserve to be heard. I believe in equality. Always have. Always will. We are all Australians. That’s the only acknowledgement we need.

Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺

77,410 views • 1 year ago

Ah Nxamala!!!! Soon after he was elected the President, he went straight to England to assure the Queen that no land will be expropriated RSA. And indeed no land was expropriated even when EFF offered him its 6% in order to change the constitution. His the man of his word.

Ah Nxamala!!!! Soon after he was elected the President, he went straight to England to assure the Queen that no land will be expropriated RSA. And indeed no land was expropriated even when EFF offered him its 6% in order to change the constitution. His the man of his word.

🇿🇦SOMAGWAZROV🇿🇦 (Ikwerekwere lase EC)

100,351 views • 10 months ago

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—standing in the National Constitution Center: my message to voters both Republicans & Democrats of gratitude…& my message to those who work for Trump still today, who will have a moral decision to make in the coming days when he continues to lie about this election. Do the right thing for our country. Tell the truth.#ElectionDay

In Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—standing in the National Constitution Center: my message to voters both Republicans & Democrats of gratitude…& my message to those who work for Trump still today, who will have a moral decision to make in the coming days when he continues to lie about this election. Do the right thing for our country. Tell the truth.#ElectionDay

Olivia of Troye

117,816 views • 1 year ago

MEDIA RELEASE | Labor refuses to rule out independent indigenous state The Albanese Labor Government today refused to rule out the establishment of an independent sovereign indigenous state in Senate question time today. One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson asked the question in response to a report in The Australian newspaper today which revealed an indigenous member of the referendum working group had said the power of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament was its ability to ‘punish politicians that ignore our advice’ on legislation and funding. “First I asked if the Prime Minister endorsed these comments, and Senator Wong could or would not answer it,” Senator Hanson said. “I then asked if the Albanese government would rule out establishing seats in Parliament reserved exclusively for indigenous people if the voice demanded it. “All that Penny Wong could say – after question time was over – was that it wasn’t Labor’s policy. That’s not an answer. “My final question was about the prospect of the voice demanding an independent sovereign indigenous state, and the government wouldn’t rule out conceding to such a demand. “We know what will happen if the voice’s demands are refused: endless litigation in the High Court until the voice activists get their way. This is precisely why activists want the voice enshrined in the Constitution. Mr Mayo said as much himself: ‘…we are going to use the rule book of the nation to force them [to listen to our voice]’. “This sort of radical and divisive activism is what the Prime Minister is encouraging. He calls for ‘respectful’ debate on the voice but radical members of his own hand-picked referendum working group have not been following his script for months now. They’ve confirmed they eagerly anticipate the High Court playing a large role in deciding the voice’s power, with taxpayers footing the expense of constitutional challenges. They’ve confirmed they want to destroy the fabric of the Constitution. They’ve confirmed they want punishment for elected members of Parliament for daring to ignore the voice. “One Nation stands for equality for all Australians and is campaigning hard against this proposal to insert racial inequality in the Constitution. We’re confident Australians understand the Prime Minister has deceived them, and they will vote no.”

MEDIA RELEASE | Labor refuses to rule out independent indigenous state The Albanese Labor Government today refused to rule out the establishment of an independent sovereign indigenous state in Senate question time today. One Nation leader Senator Pauline Hanson asked the question in response to a report in The Australian newspaper today which revealed an indigenous member of the referendum working group had said the power of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Voice to Parliament was its ability to ‘punish politicians that ignore our advice’ on legislation and funding. “First I asked if the Prime Minister endorsed these comments, and Senator Wong could or would not answer it,” Senator Hanson said. “I then asked if the Albanese government would rule out establishing seats in Parliament reserved exclusively for indigenous people if the voice demanded it. “All that Penny Wong could say – after question time was over – was that it wasn’t Labor’s policy. That’s not an answer. “My final question was about the prospect of the voice demanding an independent sovereign indigenous state, and the government wouldn’t rule out conceding to such a demand. “We know what will happen if the voice’s demands are refused: endless litigation in the High Court until the voice activists get their way. This is precisely why activists want the voice enshrined in the Constitution. Mr Mayo said as much himself: ‘…we are going to use the rule book of the nation to force them [to listen to our voice]’. “This sort of radical and divisive activism is what the Prime Minister is encouraging. He calls for ‘respectful’ debate on the voice but radical members of his own hand-picked referendum working group have not been following his script for months now. They’ve confirmed they eagerly anticipate the High Court playing a large role in deciding the voice’s power, with taxpayers footing the expense of constitutional challenges. They’ve confirmed they want to destroy the fabric of the Constitution. They’ve confirmed they want punishment for elected members of Parliament for daring to ignore the voice. “One Nation stands for equality for all Australians and is campaigning hard against this proposal to insert racial inequality in the Constitution. We’re confident Australians understand the Prime Minister has deceived them, and they will vote no.”

Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺

81,686 views • 3 years ago

There was some controversy in the Senate yesterday that resulted in my right to speak in the chamber being temporarily revoked by the Labor Government, with the support of the Greens. This happened due to comments I made during a debate where I criticised the Greens for their apologist stance toward Islamic extremist terrorism. As a consequence, I was unable to deliver a speech I had prepared, which called for an end to the excessive use of acknowledgments and welcomes to country. Fortunately, I have strong backup in the form of One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts 🇦🇺 who was able to deliver the speech and instigate this debate on my behalf. Even when they attempt to silence one voice, they cannot silence all of us. The will of the people will always find a way to be heard. Here are the prepared remarks I had intended to deliver: I would like to congratulate the Australian people for their overwhelming rejection of the divisive voice to Parliament at the October referendum. However, it was more than a rejection of the voice. It was a rejection of the entire Uluru Statement – all 26 pages of it. It was a rejection of a treaty and truth-telling – or more accurately, a re-write of history with an eye on financial settlements funded by non-indigenous taxpayers. It was a rejection of identity politics, grievance politics and the activist cult of victimhood. And primarily, it was a rejection of racial division. And one of the most racially divisive features of modern discourse in Australia is welcome to country ceremonies, along with acknowledgements of country. Australians – including many indigenous people – are sick and tired of them. They are sick of being told Australia is not their country, which is what these things effectively do. Welcomes and acknowledgements deny the citizenship and sovereignty held equally by all Australians. They perpetuate the falsehood that prior to 1788, nations existed on this continent. They didn’t. This is a foreign notion, an activist device imported from Canada that does not reflect the reality of Australian history. I remind the Senate of the promise made by leading voice campaigner Marcia Langton who promised no more ‘welcomes to country’ if the voice was rejected. We can only hope this promise is lived up to. Federal taxpayers forked out at least 45,000 dollars for these rituals the previous financial year, although I understand the figure could be much higher as not every government department has come clean on what they spend. It’s not even an genuine pre-settlement ritual for most aborigines. It was invented in 1976 by Ernie Dingo and Richard Walley. I acknowledge Narungga elder Kerry White from South Australia, a great contributor to the ‘no’ campaign, who said these rituals are not even being used correctly. She said last year that it should be reserved for indigenous people welcoming other indigenous people to local country, and that its use by non-indigenous Australians was just virtue-signalling. She wasn’t wrong about the virtue-signalling, that’s for sure. Ms White said: “…they’ve taken our ceremonial process and demeaned it by throwing it out there every day in every aspect of what Australian people do. And I think that is culturally wrong.” She even said ‘welcomes to country’ were an attack on indigenous culture. I also acknowledge another indigenous leader of the ‘no’ campaign, Senator Naminjimpa Price, who said recently that ‘welcomes to country’ were “definitely divisive”. I’m confident I speak for the majority of Australians in saying I wish Professor Langton had included acknowledgements of country too. They’re recited at the beginning of every parliamentary sitting day, every council meeting, and every zoom meeting held by public servants. We hear them at the conclusion of every domestic flight – you can hear the groans in the cabin every time. They have effectively lost all meaning for their constant repetition. To foster national unity, and to help put an end to racial division in this country, it’s time to leave indigenous rituals to indigenous Australians. One Nation is supremely confident we speak for the majority of all Australians regardless of race when we call for an end to welcomes and acknowledgements of country. We know that for many, the promise of an end to them motivated their no vote at the referendum. We call on this Parliament, all other Australian parliaments, all government departments, and every local government in this nation, to stop signalling virtue you don’t possess and stop dividing this country by abusing these indigenous rituals. Australians don’t want them. Australians don’t want racial division, and they said that most emphatically on 14 October at the referendum. Let’s move forward together as one people, one nation under one flag.

There was some controversy in the Senate yesterday that resulted in my right to speak in the chamber being temporarily revoked by the Labor Government, with the support of the Greens. This happened due to comments I made during a debate where I criticised the Greens for their apologist stance toward Islamic extremist terrorism. As a consequence, I was unable to deliver a speech I had prepared, which called for an end to the excessive use of acknowledgments and welcomes to country. Fortunately, I have strong backup in the form of One Nation Senator Malcolm Roberts 🇦🇺 who was able to deliver the speech and instigate this debate on my behalf. Even when they attempt to silence one voice, they cannot silence all of us. The will of the people will always find a way to be heard. Here are the prepared remarks I had intended to deliver: I would like to congratulate the Australian people for their overwhelming rejection of the divisive voice to Parliament at the October referendum. However, it was more than a rejection of the voice. It was a rejection of the entire Uluru Statement – all 26 pages of it. It was a rejection of a treaty and truth-telling – or more accurately, a re-write of history with an eye on financial settlements funded by non-indigenous taxpayers. It was a rejection of identity politics, grievance politics and the activist cult of victimhood. And primarily, it was a rejection of racial division. And one of the most racially divisive features of modern discourse in Australia is welcome to country ceremonies, along with acknowledgements of country. Australians – including many indigenous people – are sick and tired of them. They are sick of being told Australia is not their country, which is what these things effectively do. Welcomes and acknowledgements deny the citizenship and sovereignty held equally by all Australians. They perpetuate the falsehood that prior to 1788, nations existed on this continent. They didn’t. This is a foreign notion, an activist device imported from Canada that does not reflect the reality of Australian history. I remind the Senate of the promise made by leading voice campaigner Marcia Langton who promised no more ‘welcomes to country’ if the voice was rejected. We can only hope this promise is lived up to. Federal taxpayers forked out at least 45,000 dollars for these rituals the previous financial year, although I understand the figure could be much higher as not every government department has come clean on what they spend. It’s not even an genuine pre-settlement ritual for most aborigines. It was invented in 1976 by Ernie Dingo and Richard Walley. I acknowledge Narungga elder Kerry White from South Australia, a great contributor to the ‘no’ campaign, who said these rituals are not even being used correctly. She said last year that it should be reserved for indigenous people welcoming other indigenous people to local country, and that its use by non-indigenous Australians was just virtue-signalling. She wasn’t wrong about the virtue-signalling, that’s for sure. Ms White said: “…they’ve taken our ceremonial process and demeaned it by throwing it out there every day in every aspect of what Australian people do. And I think that is culturally wrong.” She even said ‘welcomes to country’ were an attack on indigenous culture. I also acknowledge another indigenous leader of the ‘no’ campaign, Senator Naminjimpa Price, who said recently that ‘welcomes to country’ were “definitely divisive”. I’m confident I speak for the majority of Australians in saying I wish Professor Langton had included acknowledgements of country too. They’re recited at the beginning of every parliamentary sitting day, every council meeting, and every zoom meeting held by public servants. We hear them at the conclusion of every domestic flight – you can hear the groans in the cabin every time. They have effectively lost all meaning for their constant repetition. To foster national unity, and to help put an end to racial division in this country, it’s time to leave indigenous rituals to indigenous Australians. One Nation is supremely confident we speak for the majority of all Australians regardless of race when we call for an end to welcomes and acknowledgements of country. We know that for many, the promise of an end to them motivated their no vote at the referendum. We call on this Parliament, all other Australian parliaments, all government departments, and every local government in this nation, to stop signalling virtue you don’t possess and stop dividing this country by abusing these indigenous rituals. Australians don’t want them. Australians don’t want racial division, and they said that most emphatically on 14 October at the referendum. Let’s move forward together as one people, one nation under one flag.

Pauline Hanson 🇦🇺

159,080 views • 2 years ago

The Oscar-nominated writer and activist Mehdi Mahmoudian has been arrested and jailed in Iran. He is the co-writer of "It Was Just An Accident," along with acclaimed Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi, who first met Mahmoudian when they were both imprisoned in 2022. We spoke to Panahi just after Mahmoudian's arrest. He recounts, "When I first entered prison, he came and introduced himself and talked to me, and he was very kind to me. And then I saw that any prisoner, every prisoner who enters, Mehdi does the same thing."

The Oscar-nominated writer and activist Mehdi Mahmoudian has been arrested and jailed in Iran. He is the co-writer of "It Was Just An Accident," along with acclaimed Iranian dissident director Jafar Panahi, who first met Mahmoudian when they were both imprisoned in 2022. We spoke to Panahi just after Mahmoudian's arrest. He recounts, "When I first entered prison, he came and introduced himself and talked to me, and he was very kind to me. And then I saw that any prisoner, every prisoner who enters, Mehdi does the same thing."

Democracy Now!

23,288 views • 7 months ago

Labor cannot be trusted with our national security. We have sitting Labor MPs calling for AUKUS to be scrapped, and now we have a former Labor minister (now a musician!) heading up an inquiry into the whole thing, backed by multiple sitting MPs. The Labor Government claims to still support the AUKUS submarine deal, but the only thing that is certain is that the whole issue has triggered chaos and division within the Labor Party. The irony is that, in the last few days, the Labor Defence Minister claimed that raising concerns about mass migration and integration was harmful to our national security. The reality is that one of the biggest threats to our national security is this chaotic and failing Labor Government.

Labor cannot be trusted with our national security. We have sitting Labor MPs calling for AUKUS to be scrapped, and now we have a former Labor minister (now a musician!) heading up an inquiry into the whole thing, backed by multiple sitting MPs. The Labor Government claims to still support the AUKUS submarine deal, but the only thing that is certain is that the whole issue has triggered chaos and division within the Labor Party. The irony is that, in the last few days, the Labor Defence Minister claimed that raising concerns about mass migration and integration was harmful to our national security. The reality is that one of the biggest threats to our national security is this chaotic and failing Labor Government.

One Nation Australia

20,219 views • 3 months ago

"This should serve as an example to other miners across the country that this Ghana we want to build can be built in our small ways,” said Bobby Banson, lawyer for E&P. He noted that the move will support the national economy and expressed the company’s gratitude to the government for the opportunity, following E&P’s decision to sell 100% of its first gold output to GoldBod. #JoyNews

"This should serve as an example to other miners across the country that this Ghana we want to build can be built in our small ways,” said Bobby Banson, lawyer for E&P. He noted that the move will support the national economy and expressed the company’s gratitude to the government for the opportunity, following E&P’s decision to sell 100% of its first gold output to GoldBod. #JoyNews

JoyNews

16,879 views • 4 months ago

#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: On Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pawan Khera says, "I think this is the first resignation in this country of a minister which was snatched by the country. Nobody asked him to resign. He was forced to resign by the youth of this country and our compliments to the youth of this country... PM has to apologize. The way there was a crackdown on students. The way the prime minister stayed silent for so many days. The home minister ordered this kind of a crackdown because without the home minister ordering it, it is not possible... The youth of this country will ensure that the BJP will be willing to do everything that they want..." On former CM Siddaramaiah's "I will not contest in the 2028 assembly elections" tweet, he says, "That would be a huge loss for not just the party but also for the country and the state because leaders like Siddaramaiah are very rare. He is a very, very valuable asset for our party and for the state and for the country..."

#WATCH | Bengaluru, Karnataka: On Dharmendra Pradhan's resignation, Congress Rajya Sabha MP Pawan Khera says, "I think this is the first resignation in this country of a minister which was snatched by the country. Nobody asked him to resign. He was forced to resign by the youth of this country and our compliments to the youth of this country... PM has to apologize. The way there was a crackdown on students. The way the prime minister stayed silent for so many days. The home minister ordered this kind of a crackdown because without the home minister ordering it, it is not possible... The youth of this country will ensure that the BJP will be willing to do everything that they want..." On former CM Siddaramaiah's "I will not contest in the 2028 assembly elections" tweet, he says, "That would be a huge loss for not just the party but also for the country and the state because leaders like Siddaramaiah are very rare. He is a very, very valuable asset for our party and for the state and for the country..."

ANI

77,028 views • 1 month ago

The Anzac Hall redevelopment was officially opened at the Australian War Memorial this week. There was a 15-minute-long Welcome to Country, but the National Anthem was not played! These things matter. And it was right for One Nation Senator Tyron Whitten to officially note this in the Senate. We should not sit back and say nothing when our national identity is chipped away at.

The Anzac Hall redevelopment was officially opened at the Australian War Memorial this week. There was a 15-minute-long Welcome to Country, but the National Anthem was not played! These things matter. And it was right for One Nation Senator Tyron Whitten to officially note this in the Senate. We should not sit back and say nothing when our national identity is chipped away at.

One Nation Australia

18,797 views • 2 months ago