⚽ A photo of Australia’s football team posing with an Aboriginal flag before a Women's World Cup match in July 2023? ❌ The photo was in fact taken before a match at the Olympics in Tokyo in 2021
"It's a world cup event for Gods Sake, surly they can stand behind the Australian flag, bloody disgraceful if you ask me," reads part of post sharedThe post, shared more than 260 times, includes an image captioned,"The Matildas posed for their pre-game picture with the Aboriginal flag proudly on display. Picture: AFP".to their home Women's World Cup, beating Ireland 1-0 in their opening group stage match before a record crowd in Sydney.
It was shared in a group with more than 11,000 members that expresses opposition to a proposal to give Indigenous Australians a"voice" in national policymaking.
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