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PM refuses to bite as Dutton seeks fight on Australia Day events (www.abc.net.au)

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Dutton at it again with the Australia Day BS.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

3 March would conflict with Labour Day in WA. Not that I'd have much aversion to moving Labour Day to some other day, but you're basically taking a national problem and making it a WA problem if you do that. West Australians would still need to find a date to make a public holiday. We would not be in favour of losing a public holiday. 😃

Personally, I'd like to see a day where we have a real treaty with First Nation peoples, and celebrate that day as a new Australia Day. We're about a generation away from that, I fear though.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

I'm personally a fan of the early May Labour Day that we have in Queensland, because of its connection to the international workers' movement, though I appreciate the March and October dates used in other states for their connection to local workers' rights advancements.

I definitely would like to see a Treaty Day public holiday, but I think it should be a separate one from Australia Day. Not just because that means one additional public holiday (though that's certainly a bonus!) but also because doing that helps properly acknowledge the significance of the day for Indigenous Australians specifically. And also because that leaves Australia Day to be celebrating something that can be directly applicable for all Australians (which is part of the reason for wanting to change the date to begin with).