The organisers of former US president Barack Obama's speaking event in Melbourne have apologised for stopping Indigenous elder Aunty Joy Murphy Wandin AO from performing a Welcome to Country ceremony at the event.
The senior Wurundjeri elder was asked to open Wednesday night's sold-out event, but the Wurundjeri Woi-wurrung Cultural Heritage Aboriginal Corporation said event organisers, Growth Faculty, removed her from proceedings amid claims she was being "too difficult".
