Event organisers say security arrangements meant it could not accommodate last minute requests from Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Murphy at a speaking event with Barack Obama.
abc.net.au/news/barack-obama-aunty-joy-murphy-snub-apology/102163754The organisers of former US president Barack Obama's speaking event in Melbourne have apologised for stopping Indigenous elder Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin AO from performing a Welcome to Country ceremony at the event.
In a statement Growth Faculty said it had apologised to Aunty Joy and invited her to perform a Welcome to Country at a business lunch with Mr Obama today. "Due to security requirements, the organisation was unable to accommodate last minute changes to the agreed upon ceremony." "For her to then be rejected, to say that she was too difficult for asking for minimal accommodation, I think that was a little culturally insensitive."
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