[Opinion] 'Getting Out of Hand': Street Sweeper Opens up After Being Sacked over Acknowledgement to Country Objection

'Getting out of hand': Street sweeper opens up after being sacked over Acknowledgement to Country objection

The Melbourne council street sweeper sacked over questioning the use of an Acknowledgement to Country before a work meeting has argued the ceremonies are being overdone and that he had to take a stand for the "silent majority".

Victorian Council Dismissed Worker for Questioning Need for Acknowledgement of Country

A Melbourne council worker has won an unfair dismissal case against his employer after he was sacked for his opinion on an Acknowledgement of Country being performed during a morning meeting. Street cleaner Shaun Turner was dismissed from Darebin City Council after he questioned the need to perform an Acknowledgement of Country—which credits the Indigenous people of the region—during a “toolbox” safety briefing. “If we need to be thanking anyone…