Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services as Ben Roberts-Smith attends Gold Coast event
Guardian - World

Roberts-Smith, who has denied five charges of war crime murder, says he was always going to attend: ‘I never thought about not coming’ Booing has marred Anzac Day commemorations in Melbourne and Sydney, 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 acknowledgement of country. Continu
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- Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services as Ben Roberts-Smith attends Gold Coast eventGuardian - World · Ben Doherty · Apr 24, 2026, 10:06 PM
- Indigenous speakers booed at Anzac Day services while Ben Roberts-Smith attends separate Gold Coast eventGuardian - World · Ben Doherty · Apr 25, 2026, 2:54 AM
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