Australia Day Debate Misses The Point

Thu 17 january 2019 2 01am.

Australia day debate misses the point. January 26 will always be a difficult day for aboriginal and torres strait islander australians. Gemma tognini the west australian. It cannot serve as a unifying date. Beyond the debate over australia day.

It s all because of the negative feelings. Reconciliation australia says scott morrison s suggestion that the day before australia day could be used to celebrate the country s indigenous people misses the point. Australia day debate over the past few weeks a couple of local councils have confirmed they have cancelled their australia day celebrations for 2018. I ve heard it said that the only way to stop it is to turn the hose on them but that s not true.

Australia day date debate misses the point. Why the debate around australia day gets more heated every year. Dominic o sullivan charles sturt university. While there s been a lot of angry debate around changing the date australia day wasn t uniformly celebrated on january 26 for decades.

Every year australia day held on january 26 is the focus of huge controversy and debate. Not until 1935 did all the australian states and. Have you ever seen a couple of dogs in a fight. I mean really going for it.

Prime minister scott morrison s proposal to continue celebrating australia day on january 26 but introduce a separate special day for indigenous australians may have been well intentioned but it misses the point. Queensland senator pauline hanson and the ceo of reconciliation australia karen mundine have weighed in on the debate on whether there should be new day to honour indigenous australians.