Welcome to Country ceremonies have worn out their welcome, with exclusive new data revealing the majority of Australians feel the acknowledgments have become divisive and overused.

The Welcome to Country Ceremony is performed during the 2025 AFL Round 11 match between Walyalup (Fremantle Dockers) and Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide Power) at Optus Stadium.

Australians have tired of “pointless” Welcome to Country ceremonies, new polling data has revealed, amid calls for a “review” of their use at public events.

The Welcome to Country Ceremony is performed during the 2025 AFL Round 11 match between Walyalup (Fremantle Dockers) and Yartapuulti (Port Adelaide Power) at Optus Stadium.

Institute of Public Affairs Research Fellow Mia Schlicht says Welcome to Country ceremonies are becoming “quite divisive”.

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Liberal Senator Alex Antic says Welcome to Country ceremonies are being used to create divisions, whereby ordinary Australians feel like “guests on their own land”.

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