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Lidia Thorpe has slammed Sam Newman after the AFL personality once again sparked controversy by encouraging Australians to boo Welcome to Country. The Independent Senator told Nine's Today on Thursday "We are all on stolen land, there has never been a deal and Welcome to Country is a way of bringing people together about the country you all live on." “This is about peace and the whole message behind Welcome to Country is about respect and bringing people together. Presenter Karl Stefanovic said he was playing "devil's advocate" and said that "there is a school of thought and I can assure you this is not coming from me, maybe there are too many of these ceremonies, maybe they are losing." their effectiveness if their numbers are too large”. “How can you resist that?” said. “There are a lot of good stories that come with Welcome and people learn from it and people have a deeper understanding of how to protect the country. It comes after Newman, a staunch opponent of Yes campaign, encouraged Australians to boo or "slow clap" during ceremonies, particularly during the upcoming AFL Grand Final at MCG. He criticized AFL for promoting what he perceived as "virtuous, arrogant nonsense" and accused the league of dividing country. . AFL personality Sam Newman has sparked controversy once again by criticizing Welcome to Country thank yous at sports matches in Australia. Jake Nowakowski The 77-year-old has previously taken aim at the tribute to Indigenous icon Uncle Jack Charles and the AFL's approach to recognizing traditional landowners. He was particularly critical of the delivery of two Welcome to Country speeches before AFL matches, describing them as "propaganda speeches". Darrian TraynorAFL Photosvia The stabs came out in July after Newman claimed the Voice was pure "brainwashing", calling it "disgusting" and "absolutely disgraceful". “Welcome to Country – which country? Our country? It just goes on and on,” he said on his weekly show with co-host Don Scott. "You give them an inch and so on... If you vote for the Voice you should be ashamed of yourself." After weeks of conventional polling showed support for the Indigenous advisory body in Parliament going from bad to worse, news.au's Great Aussie Debate poll of more than 50,000 respondents found the picture was even bleaker. Participants answered 50 questions in July explaining their opinions on everything from work, politics and dating to using your phone in the restroom and wearing shorts at the office. Their answers resulted in a snapshot of how the average Australian thinks, feels and lives in 2023; some results are more surprising than others. Less than one in four people who chose respond to survey, which covered a range of other topics and was not specifically or explicitly related the Voice, said they supported Parliamentary Voice. Only 23 percent. The two strongest states, NSW
