Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's Labor government is set to formally endorse Welcome to Country and Acknowledgement of Country ceremonies, adding a statement of support to its draft national platform. The commitment, to be considered at the party's 50th national conference in Adelaide later in July, is framed as part of an anti-racism strategy prompted by concerns within Labor over rising racism and the growing support for Pauline Hanson's One Nation, which has called for an end to multiculturalism in Australia.

The draft platform states that Labor is proud of Indigenous symbols, including the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander flags, and reaffirms the party's commitment to the principles of the Uluru Statement from the Heart, from which the Voice to Parliament concept originated. Treaty negotiations and truth-telling would be left to the states and territories. The move remains contentious: research by the Institute of Public Affairs in April found that 60 per cent of 1,001 Australians surveyed felt the ceremonies had become divisive, while only 12 per cent disagreed.