The RSL has announced it will review its guidance on welcome to country addresses at Anzac day services, after Indigenous leaders were booed at three dawn services on Saturday.
The RSL national president, Peter Tinley told the ABC on Monday that the body would review its policies on RSL organised commemorations and “provide guidance to our branches as to how they might attend to this.”
Tinley said he was appalled by the booing during the dawn ceremonies but added that some of the “anodyne acknowledgements” can get “overworked”.
double quotation markIt can get overworked ... so then it becomes a question of how are we going to review this process and make it more relevant?I think there’s a real opportunity for the RSL to lead and provide a better expression that is more tailored and appropriate for the commemorative day that it is.
Tinley said it was a “good thing” for the guidelines and service to be dynamic and reflective of the community.
