All 18 AFL golf equipment have launched statements expressing solidarity with Indigenous and First Nations peoples to mark Australia Day.
With calls rising louder yearly to vary the date of the general public vacation, the complete AFL neighborhood has acknowledged ‘the pain and suffering it [January 26] causes many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples’, and known as for unity and respect for the previous throughout the nation.
While some responses have been essential, there was additionally an amazing quantity of help amongst every group’s supporter base in acknowledging the previous trauma related to January 26.
It comes after a number of golf equipment, most notably Carlton, have been criticised for ‘fence-sitting’ on posts acknowledging the harm brought on by Australia Day 12 months in the past.
St Kilda’s assertion was significantly robust; the Saints described the day as one ‘of mourning not celebration’, and known as for all to ‘listen, learn and understand Australia’s historical past, the nice and the unhealthy’.
The NRL’s official social media accounts have additionally launched an announcement acknowledging the day and its which means to Indigenous communities.
The South Sydney Rabbitohs additionally launched an announcement; nevertheless, as of noon on January 26, they have been the one NRL membership to take action.
However, Bulldogs soccer supervisor Phil Gould posted a photograph with Australian and Indigenous flags collectively.
