"Bayside celebrates the day, not the date."Bayside Council will hold COVID-safe invitation-only citizenship and awards ceremonies and will not fly the Aboriginal Flag at half mast. "But we also recognise that January 26 is not a day of celebration for all Australians. We encourage people to consider the implications of this day on our First Nations Peoples," Mr Evans said.
Some mayors, including Mr Evans and Stonnington mayor Kate Hely, have been invited by Port Phillip Council to attend a "mourning reflection event" – We-Akon Dilinja – at St Kilda’s Alfred Square. Yarra, Moreland and Darebin councils ceased Australia Day celebrations in 2017 and are active members of the "Change the Date" campaign, which calls on the federal government to change the date of Australia Day.Monash Greens councillor Josh Fergeus is campaigning for his council to fly its Aboriginal flag at half mast on January 26.
Mark Chou, an associate professor of politics at the Australian Catholic University who has researched local councils and their approach to January 26, said councils in more socially progressive areas had taken on more of a leadership role. "They have felt more empowered to tackle these issues," he said. "They are trying to represent their residents."
Are they going to return billions of dollars spent trying to assist their hunter and gatherer existence....
Lmao just take the aboriginal and Torres strait islander flags all the way down. That would be even better and funnier and based 😎
And any Federal government funding to that Council be reduced by half as well...you know - the colonial money and all that that always reminds them of the suffering should be reduced as well.
Little people in council over riding the government's and peoples will They should be sacked
Well, I wonder if Scotty the bigot will be making a phone call?
Yes people who are alive today should be made to feel ashamed of what our forebears did over 200 years ago because we are caucasian. Racism much?
How much they are contributing towards their welfare now that’s the question
What about the white man suffering all this crap.
That’s not right. Many Aussies died protecting the Nation from Japan in WW2, The RUTHLESS Enemy at that Time. Had they Invaded, many would have been Slaughtered, Both Indigenous & Non. Many speaking up now, may have Never been Born.
Because their life before British settlement was nothing but peace-loving, blissful happiness (and it what sense were they a 'First Nation' - did they have a constitution, diplomacy, legal process, separation of powers, voting systems)?
The Aboriginal flag along with the Aboriginal embassy in Canberra proclaims indigenous nationhood. Is it in the best interests of a unified Australia to support these symbols. We do not fly the flag of all nations represented by immigrant Aussies. This is divisive and dangerous.
Just moronic
That flag is upside down
I think there'd be more support if they lowered their rates!
yawn
Lower the flags, let whoever wants to mourn, mourn. And let the rest of Australia celebrate what a wonderful tolerant nation we are.
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