“I have stood up on this issue for the best part of four years with local residents. They are just sick to death of the inequality. People that were either old Anglo pioneers or migrated to Australia in the ‘50s, ‘60s, ‘70s and ‘80s, they helped build this country, worked six, seven days a week. To be constantly told ‘never was, never will be their land’, it’s very insulting. It’s about equality for all. I want everybody to stand shoulder to shoulder, including Indigenous Australians.”
- Cumberland City Councillor Steve Christou,
who moved that the Council ditch Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies. The motion was rejected and he was the subject of hostile responses.
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