National
CALL FOR AUSTRALIA DAY DATE TO BE MOVED
To Allow All Australians to Celebrate
The Tasmanian Greens today called for Australia Day to be moved to ensure it call be celebrated fully by all Australians, including the Aboriginal community.
Greens Leader Nick McKim MP said that Australia Day should be about bringing all Australians together, but this cannot occur when it is celebrated on a date that marked a disenfranchising of the Aboriginal nation.
“Australia Day should be a day that all Australians can celebrate, and while it falls on the 26th of January this will never occur.”
“The Greens would like to see an alternative date proposed out of respect for the Aboriginal community, and as an important step forward for reconciliation for the whole Australian community,” Mr McKim said.
Nick McKim MP Greens Leader