Indigenous elder removed from Barack Obama event for being ‘too difficult’

Wurundjeri elder Aunty Joy was due to give the welcome to country for former US president in Melbourne before allegedly being stood down

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An Indigenous elder has been barred from giving the welcome to country at a speaking event by former US president Barack Obama because she was allegedly being “too difficult”.

Aunty Joy Murphy was scheduled to welcome Obama to Wurundjeri land before the event in Melbourne on Wednesday night on the latest leg of his speaking tour of Australia.