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Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services while Ben Roberts-Smith attends separate Gold Coast event

globalApril 25, 2026
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Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services while Ben Roberts-Smith attends separate Gold Coast event
Roberts-Smith, who has denied five charges of war crime murder, says he was always going to attend: ‘I never thought about not coming’Marcia Langton:

Roberts-Smith, who has denied five charges of war crime murder, says he was always going to attend: ‘I never thought about not coming’

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Booing has marred Anzac Day commemorations in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, while on the Gold Coast, the Victoria Cross recipient Ben Roberts-Smith attended the dawn service at Currumbin beach.

One man was arrested at the Sydney dawn service at Martin Place, where there was a small but noisy interjection of booing during the Indigenous acknowledgment of country.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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