Peter Dutton has offered up his view on Welcome to Country ceremonies after Tony Abbott said he was 'getting a little bit sick' of them.
because Australia"belongs to all of us, not just to some of us".
"But I do get the point that when you go to a function and there's an MC who I think appropriately can do recognition, you then get the next five or 10 speakers who each do their own Acknowledgement of Country. The Liberal leader said more focus needed to be placed on"practical" measures that improve the lives of Indigenous Australians.
"And I want to see more Indigenous kids at school and university, and better housing, and frankly, I think that's where the concentration should be. Mr Abbott made his remarks at a forum in Melbourne's outer east, which was also attended by No campaign leader Warren Mundine. Peter Dutton on Friday blasted the Albanese government for being"obsessed" with virtue signalling. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman
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