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Angus Taylor says welcome to countries should be used less
The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, has called for welcome to country remarks to be delivered less often, saying he is frustrated they have been “devalued” by “overuse”.
Can I say, booing, whatever the cause, on Anzac Day, Anzac Day ceremonies, is absolutely inappropriate and un-Australian. It shouldn’t happen. It simply shouldn’t happen.
I can understand the frustration Australians feel about over-use of welcomes to country. I feel that at times. Often actually. I think it is overuse and as a result they are devalued.
Absolutely not boo, absolutely.
Some of the great Australians have come from countries that were bad countries at the time. But there is a higher risk that some bad people come from those bad countries.
We have bad countries around the world. I mean, to claim that Iran is a good country right now, seriously, and the government itself has put legislation in place to make it harder for people to come from Iran.
We have seen terrible acts of atrocity coming from Gaza.
