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Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services while Ben Roberts-Smith attends separate Gold Coast event


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Booing has marred Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, while on the Gold Coast, the Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith attended the dawn service at Currumbin beach.

One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgment of country.

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Source link : https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/apr/25/booing-indigenous-speakers-booed-anzac-day-dawn-service-welcome-country-ben-roberts-smith-ntwnfb

Author : Ben Doherty

Publish date : 2026-04-25 02:54:00

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