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Krishani Dhanji<\/p>\nRSL Australia will review welcome to country policiesKrishani Dhanji<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
The RSL national president, Peter Tinley told the ABC on Monday that the body would review its policies on RSL organised commemorations and \u201cprovide guidance to our branches as to how they might attend to this\u201d.<\/p>\n
Tinley said he was appalled by the booing during the dawn ceremonies but added that some of the \u201canodyne acknowledgments\u201d can get \u201coverworked\u201d.<\/p>\n
double quotation markIt can get overworked \u2026 so then it becomes a question of how are we going to review this process and make it more relevant.<\/p>\n
I think there\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n
Tinley said it was a \u201cgood thing\u201d for the guidelines and service to be dynamic and reflective of the community.<\/p>\n
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More fuel in reserve, more storage on the ground and a country that can stand on its own two feet.<\/p>\n The Coalition says their plan would mean Australia could reach 60 days\u2019 supply by the end of this decade.<\/p>\n When Labor proposed a 90-day fuel reserve before the 2019 election, Taylor, then the energy minister, said the plan would cost \u201ctens of billions of dollars\u201d and called on Labor to explain how it would be funded.<\/p>\n Share<\/a><\/p>\n Updated at\u00a016.55 EDT<\/p>\n RSL Australia will review welcome to country policies 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.<\/p>\n The RSL national president, Peter Tinley told the ABC on Monday that the body would review its policies on RSL organised commemorations and \u201cprovide guidance to our branches as to how they might attend to this\u201d.<\/p>\n Tinley said he was appalled by the booing during the dawn ceremonies but added that some of the \u201canodyne acknowledgments\u201d can get \u201coverworked\u201d.<\/p>\n double quotation markIt can get overworked \u2026 so then it becomes a question of how are we going to review this process and make it more relevant.<\/p>\n I think there\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n Tinley said it was a \u201cgood thing\u201d for the guidelines and service to be dynamic and reflective of the community.<\/p>\n![\"Adeshola](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Adeshola_Ore.png\")
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