There Goes Australia Day; How about the Elimination of Melbourne City Council Too? By James Reed
So, the Melbourne City Council, to be woke, intends to scrap Australia Day celebrations. This is to produce “unity, rather than division,” presumably because the Left hates Australia Day. Ok, now I do not particularly like the Council which chews up an enormous quantity of rates each year. How about the Council gets cancelled? We can tend to disposing of our own rubbish, and patching up roads as best we can. As for libraries, well, who cares? We can go to other councils. Official decisions could be handled by citizen’s organisations. It is worth a thought. Otherwise, just give the City of Melbourne back to the Aborigines, after all the buildings have been pulled down; you know recreate the past again. Traditional life styles once more. And, Aussies will still celebrate Australia Day anyway whatever the New Class say.
“Australia Day celebrations could be scrapped in Melbourne as the city's mayor works to create 'unity, rather than division' around the national holiday.
Melbourne City Council Lord Mayor Sally Capp held a meeting on Tuesday night where the majority of the city's councillors voted in favour of a review into how January 26 would be marked in the future.
The review may lead to events such as the Australia Day parade, fireworks displays and citizenship ceremonies being canned in the Victorian city.
Ms Capp said the council would be speaking to traditional owners and federal and state governments on the matter.
January 26, 1788 was the day the First Fleet landed at Sydney Cove, with Governor Arthur Phillip raising a Union Jack flag.
The date has become increasingly controversial in Australia, with many Indigenous people observing it as a day of mourning or labelling it 'Invasion Day'.
'We know that Australians love celebrating what it means to be Australian and the things we are grateful for and proud of, we just want to understand whether there are options in ways that everyone can join that celebration,' she told Sunrise.
'Can we find ways to create more unity than division on January 26?'.
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She noted a poll conducted by Australia Talks last year showed 55 per cent of people were in favour of changing the date of Australia Day.
'We are at a time where there's much debate, we know it's difficult and sensitive but we also know as a local government we have a role to play on January 26,' she said.
'We want to understand how we can do that, that better reflects the full views of our community.'
At Tuesday's meeting, Ms Capp said there was 'growing national sentiment' that the date of Australia Day be changed, with alternative options for celebrations now to be discussed by the council.”
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