Meet one of the Corowa councillors who voted against removing the Aboriginal flag from his council’s chambers.
Bangerang country straddles the Murray River, taking in parts of north-east Victoria and the southern Riverina in New South Wales. One of the largest towns on the NSW side is Corowa, a farming community with a population of just over 5,000 people. In November, the local council voted to remove the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags from inside council chambers and exclusively fly the Australian flag on all flagpoles in the shire. It did, however, commit to flying the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags on ‘available flagpoles’ during Naidoc and Reconciliation weeks. It also proposed not allowing welcome to country ceremonies for council events unless they were ‘approved by an adopted council resolution’ and instead relying on an acknowledgment of country – which does not need to be given by a traditional owner.
Guardian Australia’s Douglas Smith visited the regional New South Wales town to chat to locals about the move
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