More evidence the tertiary sector is totally corrupted – and those that can, won’t act
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How law students at one of Australia’s biggest universities could FAIL their exam if they don’t perform a good enough Welcome to Country – even though it has nothing to do with their course
- Students must give a Welcome to Country to pass exam
- Jacinta Nampijinpa Price calls the test ‘indoctrination’
- READ MORE: University backflips on module that labelled students ‘settlers’
By PADRAIG COLLINS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA, 17 March 2025
Law students at a top Sydney university could fail an exam if they don’t begin it with a heartfelt Welcome to Country.
The requirement is part of Macquarie University’s ‘law reform campaign’ oral exam, which counts for 30 per cent of the final mark in the course ‘age and the law’.
The exam rules said a student would fail if they didn’t present an Acknowledgement or Welcome to Country or ‘did so in a way that was inappropriate or did not comply with the instructions’, the Australian reported.
The rules also contain an explanation saying, ‘There is significant room for improvement and further thought required for this to be considered culturally respectful’.
To get a high distinction mark, a student’s Acknowledgement of Country would be ‘a brief, thoughtful, exceptionally well-written, culturally respectful acknowledgement of country or welcome to country at the beginning of the presentation’.
Coming just days after another accusation of ‘wokeness’ at the same university, Indigenous Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price has slammed the exam as ‘indoctrination’.
Senator Nampijinpa Price said ‘mandating that students participate in what is arguably a reinvention of culture in order to attain a tertiary qualification is an indictment on our education system’.
The NT senator added that it showed universities were ‘more interested in indoctrination than genuine education’.