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Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy was due to give the welcome to country for former US president in Melbourne.

I am a leader of the Wurundjeri Nation. She has been invited to a lunch event with Obama on Thursday. I have never been treated or spoken to in this way in the past. “I am 78 years of age. “I have been shocked and distressed by the way I have been treated by event organisers. The organiser said “security reasons” had led to a last-minute change to the program, excluding the Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Murphy.

An Aboriginal elder has been pulled from performing a Welcome to Country for former US President Barack Obama because she was being “too difficult”, ...

“I am 78 years of age. “She has had the honour and the responsibility as the senior Aboriginal elder of the Wurundjeri people to welcome people to our country for over 40 years. An Aboriginal elder has been pulled from performing a Welcome to Country for former US President Barack Obama because she was being “too difficult”, she claims.

Wurundjeri Elder Joy Murphy, 78, was set to perform the Welcome to Country ceremony for the ex-US President's speech in Melbourne on Thursday night.

'I do not want this to be a reflection on President Obama. 'She has had the honour and the responsibility as the senior Aboriginal elder of the Wurundjeri people to welcome people to our country for over 40 years.' I asked to be treated as an equal.' Wurundjeri Elder Joy Murphy, 78, was set to perform the Welcome to Country ceremony for Barack Obama's event Wurundjeri Elder Joy Murphy, 78, was set to perform the Welcome to Country ceremony for the ex-US President's speech in Melbourne on Thursday night. Obama visit marred as Aboriginal elder is AXED from Welcome to Country as the ex-President flies to Melbourne by private jet: 'I have never been treated or spoken to in this way'

An Indigenous elder has been left deeply offended after being removed from performing a Welcome to Country ceremony at a Barack Obama event in Melbourne.

I asked to be treated as an equal.” “I am 78 years of age. “I have been shocked and distressed by the way I have been treated by event organisers.

A highly-respected Wurundjeri elder has been barred from performing the Welcome to Country at Barack Obama's talk after being told she was “too difficult”.

“The Welcome to Country is a very important ceremony for our people. “I am 78 years of age. Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin says she was told she was being “too difficult” and was removed from event proceedings just hours before the talk was due to commence, according to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation.

Event organisers say security arrangements meant it could not accommodate last minute requests from Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Murphy at a speaking event ...

Aunty Joy Murphy will deliver the Welcome to Country at the business lunch at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre and the ABC understands she will also present Mr Obama with a gift. In a statement Growth Faculty said it had apologised to Aunty Joy and invited her to perform a Welcome to Country at a business lunch with Mr Obama today. - The organisers have apologised and invited Aunty Joy to perform a Welcome to Country at a business lunch with Mr Obama

A security guard armed with nothing more than his words has taken on a group of 'cookers' protesting outside a Barack Obama speaking event.

Wednesday: Mr Obama and his wife enjoyed a walk over Sydney Harbour Bridge with their entourage. staff that don't wish to be recorded, that's when we draw the line.' The venue is private property ... So you're recording staff entering private property,' he said. When you're coming down recording ... 'Due to security requirements, the organisation was unable to accommodate last minute changes to the agreed upon ceremony,' the organisation said in a statement. When the security officer asked why they were there, one said 'We've come down to have a look', and another said they were 'reporting'. They disagreed with his assessment of the situation, and he came seemed to be losing his patience with them. A second security guard came down to the protestors, this time accompanied by six Melbourne police officers (pictured) In a video of the clash, the protestors told the security officers they were 'independent media' who were broadcasting 'all around the world, instantly.' A female colleague of the security guard told the protestors outside the event from off camera that 'I give you no right to film that.' One of them demanded to know who the security guard was and why he was daring to question their presence - before he told them: 'Negative, mate - this is where we draw the line.'

An Indigenous elder has been stopped from performing a Welcome to Country ceremony that she was due to give at a Barack Obama event in Melbourne.

“The Welcome to Country is a very important ceremony for our people. “I am 78 years of age. A Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal says it is a “deep offence” to the Wurundjeri people and all First Nations people. “I have been shocked and distressed by the way I have been treated by event organisers,” she said. Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin says she was told she was being “too difficult” and was removed from event proceedings just hours before the talk was due to commence, according to the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation. Wandin said she asked the event organisers Growth Faculty to allow her to have a support person accompany her and to provide Obama with a gift according to cultural practice.

Senior Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy Murphy was slated to perform the welcome to country at An Evening with President Obama at Melbourne's John Cain Arena on ...

I am a leader of the Wurundjeri Nation. "I am 78 years of age. "I have been shocked and distressed by the way I have been treated by event organisers," Aunty Joy said.