So in the lead up to Australia Day I wrote a piece on the Short Thoughts page explaining why I had changed my view about changing the date of Australia Day and now support the Change the Date campaign. In light of some of the reactions to this campaign, i also thought it was worth writing about what might be holding more people back from changing their perspective and supporting this push.
Based on the size of the protests and the media commentary, it appears that momentum is building to change the date of Australia Day. Not to cancel Australia Day and deny the country a day of national pride and celebration (despite what some extreme right perspectives would have you believe), just to move it to a day that is more inclusive and sensitive towards the first Australians. On some occasions, social change can be government-led, when we are governed by statesmen of vision and integrity (don’t laugh- it has happened, just rarely under a Liberal government). However Australia at this time is not governed by such people so it will be up to the people to lead the government. For this reason, it is important that the Change the Date campaign works hard to garner as much support as possible. Read full article
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