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VIDEO: Aboriginal elder says Melbourne Storm told her Welcome to Country on Anzac Day would be 'inappropriate'

VIDEO: Aboriginal elder says Melbourne Storm told her Welcome to Country on Anzac Day would be 'inappropriate'

Wurundjeri elder Joy Murphy Wandin says she has not been contacted by Melbourne Storm, since her Welcome to Country at an Anzac Day match was cancelled.
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