New Liberal leader Sussan Ley weighs in on Welcome to Country ceremonies: 'It's simple'

Sussan Ley has offered her 'simple' and straightforward presumption connected Welcome to Country ceremonies.

The newly-elected Liberal Party person was asked whether she agreed with erstwhile person Peter Dutton's assertion that the Indigenous ceremonies were 'overdone'.

It became a nationalist talking constituent during the past week of the election run aft a Welcome to Country ceremonial during Melbourne's Anzac Day dawn work was booed.

Ley made her ain views wide connected Tuesday afternoon.  

‘With respect to Welcome to Country, it's simple: if it's meaningful, if it matters, if it resonates, past it's successful the close place,’ she said.

‘As Environment Minister and Health Minister I listened cautiously and participated successful Welcome to Country ceremonies that were each of those things.

‘If it is done successful a mode that is ticking a container connected a Teams gathering past I don't deliberation it is relevant. 

'I deliberation it really diminishes the worth of what it is and it’s important that we recognize that.’ 

The taste signifier became a large contented successful the last week of the predetermination run aft an code by Bunurong elder Mark Brown astatine Melbourne's Anzac Day dawn work was drowned retired by boos and jeers.

One of those liable was a neo-Nazi and the disfigured scenes were condemned crossed the governmental spectrum.

But the occurrence sparked a nationalist statement aft a veteran was filmed telling a Channel Nine newsman it was a 'slap successful the face' for those who person served their state successful conflict to beryllium welcomed to it.

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton said helium thought the ceremonies were 'overdone', aboriginal clarifying that helium did not deliberation they were due connected Anzac Day.