Such a dry, dull thing on which to base a national day, though. We should have had a proper war of indpendence.
Maybe we should have some military exercises with the Brits, and they let us win, on a day agreed in advance. Flags and party poppers!
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Maybe we should have some military exercises with the Brits, and they let us win, on a day agreed in advance. Flags and party poppers!
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Yep I feel the same, I used to love celebrating Australia day. I wish they would pick a different date so everyone could celebrate again but unfortunately i can't see the government changing it any time soon.
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Nah.
Let's have another vote, give the woke lefties another spanking.
Australia Day has never been a big thing for me, but I do think it's a shame we don't have a national day that's not overshadowed with controversy every year. But any other date is likely to be pretty meaningless, it'll just be "the date we chose to get away from 26 Jan".
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I do like that was a cost saving element in some of the protests yesterday with Palestinian marches joining in.
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Not getting enough culture war bites in the sub forum I guess
Choose any other date and the Wokies will find a reason to protest.
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The current approach by those wanting to change the date isn't working. More than 60% of Australia are actively against changing the date and less than 20% are actively for a change.
No politician is going to change the date based on those numbers. They will at least need more people in the "don't care either way" basket. Yelling at people and calling them racists isn't going to do that.
No politician is going to change the date based on those numbers. They will at least need more people in the "don't care either way" basket. Yelling at people and calling them racists isn't going to do that.
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Are they calling Jacinta Nampijinpa Price a racist as well?
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She did vote NO after all, so I suppose YES.
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I can't wait to see the day, when a white fella calls out Jacinta for being racist against Indigenous people.She did vote NO after all, so I suppose YES.
As a Crows fan , my ideal date is the day Darren Jarman sobered up after the 97 flag.
Every Australian Day ends at 11.59 with 'that will do', perfectly synced with the highlights
Every Australian Day ends at 11.59 with 'that will do', perfectly synced with the highlights
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I guess you can't be a heroic soldier in the culture wars by posting increasingly demented things about imaginary enemies on a football forum if no one is reading the thread you do it in.
I reckon you'd do well in those 'roast' comedy specials
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A lot of white women in that photoI do like that was a cost saving element in some of the protests yesterday with Palestinian marches joining in.
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Yeah, it's far different now to when I was a kid.
We need to find a new date where all Australians feel comfortable celebrating.
Best date would be when we become a Republic, but probably can't wait that long.
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Can’t see it ever happening, people always have to be upset with something.
Just look at that woman opposing the crows new home and anything else she looks at.
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Ok, make that the vast majority... ignoring those who are never happy!
Currently around 50/50 think we should celebrate on 26th January, so we have a major problem that can't be resolved without changing the date.
I don’t know the figures but someone above said it’s still a fair majority to keep it?
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No, it's closer to 50/50 now (edit 60/40).
Surely you feel that Australia Day is no longer celebrated like it was a decade ago.
We can't keep going on like this & find another day thay (nearly) all feel comfortable celebrating.
Support for Australia Day celebration on January 26 drops: new research
New polling shows a significant drop in support for January 26 in just two years.
theconversation.com
60% of Australians want to keep Australia Day on January 26, but those under 35 disagree
The issue of when or whether to celebrate Australia Day seems to have become stuck in a loop of fierce debate without resolution.
