Uncle Len Waters is a Kamilaroi elder in Tamworth,New South Wales,who has been performing Welcomes for decades.

Peter Dutton’s Welcome to Country claim comes from a common misconception about the ancient ceremony

Antagonism towards the tradition has been bubbling for months,but an argument the opposition leader recently made on the national stage is steeped in a fundamental misunderstanding.

  • Bronte Gossling

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Dutton speaks to the media in Nelson Bay,NSW,on Monday.

Dutton says veterans don’t want Welcome to Country on Anzac Day. RSL branches say otherwise

The opposition leader hardened his stance against the ceremonies while his agenda on immigration and road taxes was confused by a series of conflicting statements.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos,Olivia Ireland andMike Foley
Aunty Joy Murphy giving a Welcome to Country at Marvel Stadium in 2023.

Storm chairman ‘greatly upset’ by Welcome to Country ‘miscommunication’

Melbourne Storm have taken responsibility for what they say was an internal miscommunication that meant the Welcome to Country for their Anzac Day clash at AAMI Park was cancelled.

  • Sam McClure andLachlan Abbott
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The Bain of our existence

And the soft shell of southerners.

Neo-Nazis marching through Melbourne in 2023.

Neo-Nazis quietly forming a political party to try to get around the law

The far-right agitators who disrupted Anzac Day want to form a political party as part of a plan to exploit legal loopholes and take on the next federal election.

  • Sherryn Groch
Kevin Rudd AC Twitter/ X @AmboRudd It was an honour to deliver my reflections on ANZAC Day at the National Cathedral in Washington DC today. Lest we forget.

Kevin Rudd warns against showing weakness on Ukraine

In a Washington Anzac Day speech,Australia’s ambassador to the US says one of the messages from the Anzac story is that defending freedom takes human,physical and individual courage.

  • Michael Koziol
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Jacob Hersant was interviewed by police and will be charged at a later date.

Neo-Nazis’ Anzac Day taunts unlikely to breach hate-speech law,experts say

National outrage over white supremacists’ booing at Melbourne’s Shrine of Remembrance has sparked debate about whether Victoria’s beefed-up anti-vilification legislation could be used to punish the agitators.

  • Rachel Eddie,Brittany Busch,Sherryn Groch andLachlan Abbott
Aunty Joy Murphy

Storm’s Welcome to Country ‘cancelled’ at last minute,says Indigenous elder

Indigenous groups say they have been left dumbfounded and distressed after the Welcome to Country at Melbourne Storm’s Anzac Day NRL match was cancelled at the last minute.

  • Lachlan Abbott,Brittany Busch,Sherryn Groch andCassandra Morgan
Zach Reid of the Bombers and Dan Houston of the Magpies compete for the ball.

Jamie Elliott bags five goals as the Pies claim Anzac Day honours over the Bombers

Essendon took the lead in the third term but the Pies pushed away from there to win an Anzac Day blockbuster in front of more than 92,000 fans.

  • Roy Ward,Jake Niall,Andrew Wu andScott Spits
The Anzac Day dawn service at the Shrine of Remembrance.

Three contributions to the nation’s collective memory

We all have a duty to remember the stories of the brutal reality of war and the lives lost on all sides of historic conflicts.

  • Patrick Elligett