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Daniel Wild

Why welcome to country is a brake on economic reform

Some will deride discussion of these matters as culture wars. But economic leadership can only begin from a shared sense of national identity.

It appears that Shaun Turner, a street sweeper from Melbourne, reflects the values of “modern” Australian more than many of our political leaders.

Turner was sacked by Darebin City Council, in inner-city Melbourne, for objecting to the practice of an acknowledgment of country at morning meetings. The Fair Work Commission ruled the sacking was unlawful, and is determining appropriate redress.

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Daniel Wild is director of research at the Institute of Public Affairs.

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