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William Ton and Melissa Meehan

INSANE: Vets don t want welcome to country on anzac day dutton | Vintage Vibes

Politicians are accused of using Indigenous people as a political football in the election debate. (Richard Wainwright/AAP PHOTOS)

A prominent Indigenous leader accuses politicians of using Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as a "political football" after two opposition leaders criticised Welcome to Country ceremonies.

Federal Liberal leader Peter Dutton placed himself in the centre of the debate after a small group of hecklers including self-described neo-Nazi Jacob Hersant disrupted an Anzac dawn service in Melbourne.

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