In the dark-timbered Great Hall of the Australian Parliament, new and returning elected members gathered on the first sitting day, party lines lax as they sat shoulder to shoulder and waited for proceedings to begin. An at-times vitriolic campaign behind them, and sparring in the chamber yet to start, there was a sense of anticipation waiting for the 48th parliament to officially begin. Aunty Violet Sheridan delivers a Welcome to Country at the beginning of parliament. (ABC News: Brendan Esposito) The first order of the day was the Welcome to Country, a custom that has become part of the pomp...