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Levent Efe: Anthem boycott justified

NSW Blues player Cameron Murray (left) and Cody Walker take part in a team training session in Sydney, Monday, June 3, 2019. (AAP Image/Joel Carrett) NO ARCHIVING
NSW Blues player Cody Walker (right) won't sing the national anthem because he says it doesn't represent Indigenous people. Source: AAP

Levent Efe talks to Nilgün Kılıç of SBS Radio Turkish Program about the silent protest by NRL's indigenous players during the singing of the Advance Australia Fair at the State of Origin series. Efe said their protest was justified on the grounds that the national anthem does not acknowledge the ancient ties of indigenous Australians to this land.


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Levent Efe talks to Nilgün Kılıç of SBS Radio Turkish Program about the silent protest by NRL's indigenous players during the singing of the Advance Australia Fair at the State of Origin series. Efe said their protest was justified on the grounds that the national anthem does not acknowledge the ancient ties of indigenous Australians to this land.



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