‘Self-flagellation wrapped in identity politics': Acknowledgement of Country slammed
'The first order of business for any freshly minted Labor MP these days is not to represent their constituents or offer policy ideas - it's to perform an Acknowledgement of Country,' Mr Macpherson said.
'And this week, one after the other, in a conga line of colonialist contrition, they stood in Parliament to mumble the now-compulsory lines.
'It wasn't just the repetition that struck me, though heaven knows, if I hear 'I acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land' one more time, I'll need my own Welcome to Insanity.
'The land is not yours. The air is not yours. And, watching all of that, you get the idea that a Labor seat in parliament isn't yours either … unless you remember to dutifully recite the right lines at the start of every speech. This isn't reconciliation. It's self-flagellation wrapped in identity politics."
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