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Dutton at it again with the Australia Day BS.

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[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does the day need to be affixed to a particular date?

Can we not just make it the first Friday in February or something?

Not worried about any significance as long as we get a Sumner long weekend!

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Does the day need to be affixed to a particular date?

Personally, I would say yes. It's "Australia Day", not "have a day off in summer day". There are enough public holidays between late December and early May anyway. I wouldn't mind if it moved to the back half of the year. Though I wouldn't mind too much if it did stay in summer, as long as the new date marks something significant.