Welcome to Country ceremonies are an important part of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander culture. Here's what you need to ...

Antagonism towards the ancient tradition is bubbling, but one persistent argument is steeped in misunderstanding.

Debate over the appropriate place of Welcome to Country ceremonies threw the ABC’s flagship Q and A program into acrimony on ...

The regularity of Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country has ignited significant debate in recent days, after an ...

When it comes to First Nations’ issues, this election has been dominated by ‘divisive’ Welcome to Country, and ‘un-Australian ...

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has taken aim at Welcome to Country ceremonies, saying they suggest Australia "belongs more ...

Former prime minister Tony Abbott has said that what happened on January 26, 1788 was “wonderful” in an interview denouncing ...

Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians Jacinta Nampijinpa Price discusses the “problem” with the Welcome to Country. “I think the problem with Welcome to Country is it allows for the real racists ...

The Coalition will not legislate in regard to the ceremonies, Opposition Home Affairs spokesman Senator James Paterson told ...

Until neo-Nazis began booing Welcomes to Country, we were heading for an entire election campaign in which Indigenous peoples simply didn't exist for major party leaders.

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Sure, politicians are debating the custom and its place, but most have the good sense not to be glib about it.