Welcome to Country

Welcome to Country: Ancestral Protocol to Civic Ceremony

Far from being a recent contrivance, Welcome Country has ancient origins to do with protection and safety whilst on the land.

October 5, 2026

An Indigenous woman, a luminary, a creator. We are the lesser for her loss.

March 22, 2026

Welcome to Country is an invitation to engage with Indigenous people and connect through inclusion.

July 29, 2025

A welcome that echoes, unbroken, across sandplain and billabong.

July 29, 2025

Bakchos on Why Pham’s Decisions Matter: Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
I’m not 100% convinced that Tu Pham is racist or antisemitic, I think that she sees herself as being above…
Bakchos on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
I was fitted up by someone in the ACT Government, everyone in my prosecution knew this and continued to progress…
Andy on Appointment Without Accountability: Jon White, the ACT DPP and the Long Shadow of a Political Prosecution
I saw what happened to Bakchos when he was waiting for his trial after he was charged, that two years…
Andy on Songs as Archive
Our song lines and our art are records of our history, and the way we record our history is as…
Andy on Gaza Three Years On: Children, Witnesses, Nuremberg
The IDF are war criminals and genocidal cunts.
Andy on Why Pham’s Decisions Matter: Conflict of Interest in the Public Service
And to think, they made Tu Pham Auditor General, what a joke.