Controversial AFL personality Sam Newman has doubled down on his call to drown out the Welcome to Country at the AFL Grand Final, claiming the formal ceremony is divisive and patronising.
The former Geelong Cats star has continually defended his stance against the Welcome to Country being used at events around the country after he called on footy spectators to boo or slow clap when it is read out.
“If I was going to advise people should they boo at the Grand Final what about when all the Welcome to Country nonsense and crap starts we the crowd breaks into songs singing ‘We are one, but we are many… I am you, you are me, I am Australian’. “It is just cringe-worthy to stand and have someone welcome you to your country you've been in, who is younger than you in the first place whether it be Auntie or Uncle some someone else,” he said.
"I am not sure why he is in the news. He is irrelevant to any debate of the time," she told Nine’s Today Show.
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