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Is this any different to standing up and singing God Save the King/Queen/Whatever or the 'National Anthem' before sporting events? A ritual to be gabbled through before the real business begins. As such, it's a travesty of what such a welcome should be.
I like when we have an elder do a welcome to country. It's different and always pretty cool.
Doing the acknowledgement before every meeting is basically tokenism at this point.
This is very much my feeling. And if you’re going to do it every bloody time at least use the short form not the 6 paragraph version.
Disclaimer I have a genetic but not cultural link here, so don’t often claim.
Hundred percent. That feels like we're honoring the indigenous communities.
Yep, you'd find I'd have the exact same reaction to god save the king before each meeting. Are we really gonna do this 6 or 7 times a week?