Should Australia Day date be changed?
Posted: Tue Jan 24, 2017 9:49 am
Seems to be a bit of a hot topic at the moment...
woodublieve12 wrote:Seems to be a bit of a hot topic at the moment...
Booney wrote:Call it what you want, move it to where you want, but January 26th will always be Australia Day.
Zartan wrote:The old "Dont change it, it's always been on this date" is stupid - Australian Day has only really been celebrated as a national holiday for 25yrs! Hardly "always".
Booney wrote:Zartan wrote:The old "Dont change it, it's always been on this date" is stupid - Australian Day has only really been celebrated as a national holiday for 25yrs! Hardly "always".
That's just simply not true.
Zartan wrote:Booney wrote:Zartan wrote:The old "Dont change it, it's always been on this date" is stupid - Australian Day has only really been celebrated as a national holiday for 25yrs! Hardly "always".
That's just simply not true.
http://www.australiaday.org.au/australia-day/history/
Magellan wrote:Don't really care too much, because I'm not sure what in particular we ought to be 'celebrating', apart from a day off work. I look at Australia as a place with a relatively short past that is characterised by its share of good and bad history. Also, I'm not really one for jingoism, patriotism and running around with flags, particularly one with another country's flag on it.
However, I do think the type of civil society we've developed deserves recognition, although I can't help but feel this is starting to fray at the ends and we're seeing this with the current trends in ours and other nation's politics.
That said, happy for it to be moved to a date. Not sure which date would be appropriate, though. Plenty of stakeholders to consult with!
bennymacca wrote:My preference would be to move it to ANZAC day, which is often sighted as the "birth" of our nation and the first time we came out from behind the shadows of Britain.
Magellan wrote:That said, happy for it to be moved to a date. Not sure which date would be appropriate, though. Plenty of stakeholders to consult with!
Pseudo wrote:Magellan wrote:That said, happy for it to be moved to a date. Not sure which date would be appropriate, though. Plenty of stakeholders to consult with!
The middle of August would be good, only because it would give us a much needed public holiday in the four-month stretch between the Queen's Birthday and Labor Day.