Submitted 1 year ago by LineNoise@kbin.social to australia@aussie.zone
New polling shows a significant drop in support for January 26 in just two years.
The only thing I care about is more holidays.
The donkeys smashing up Woolworths stores, and vaping on the train and driving their stupid dodge ram utes cutting through corners when driving though have ruined it for everyone.
No idea why we haven’t just changed the date yet. It’s not a big deal, and the people who are making a big deal about it are the kind of people nobody wants in Australia I’ve noticed anyway
because changing the date is a lose / lose for whoever attempts it, so it will just be left ‘as is’ and disappears on Jan 27. Fact is, some people support changing it, and other people want it left the same. Either of those two groups are going to be the noisy minority to that discussion… IMO, it will never happen, they will just mobilise police for the protests and schedule them for time in leiu the day after.
I’m not sure it is these days honestly.
I think only the loud and annoying people only care
It’s like the EV discussion, if you jump onto Facebook, you’d think everyone loves petrol. However, in practice, people are happy to switch, but just want them cheaper. But they aren’t the kind of people to be plastering Facebook with it
We have a huge problem with a small amount of toxic people here (and they cause the same problems for everything).
They might protest, but after aus day passes, honestly, it will simply flame out the debate when people realize they don’t care.
But you do make a good point, as they’d have to survive that first year
I was speaking with an Australian friend like an hour ago about this, his partner is aboriginal so they don’t really celebrate it in the same way cause of the whole colonialism part.
saw the SJ Patterson post and learned a lot on there
Haha yeah.
What isn’t exactly made explicit in that thread (it’s sorta just understood by everyone, so while hints towards it are there, nobody needed to make it explicit), 26 January is associated with the arrival of white people on this land, and thus it’s symbolic of the start of oppression towards the Aboriginal population. Among progressive and Aboriginal circles, you’ll often see it called “invasion day” for that reason.
That’s why people think it should be moved, though agreeing on when to move it to is a much harder proposition.
Some people want it to stay around this time of year because it’s summer and people like barbies and outdoors. Others say we have enough holidays already between late December and early May (Christmas, Boxing Day, New Year, Good Friday, Easter Monday, ANZAC Day, Labour Day) and would like to see something in the back half of the year, between September and November. Then there’s the question of whether or not it should be a day that has meaningful symbolism, and if so what that symbolism should be.
I’ll re-share my proposed alternatives in case anyone else wants to see them:
3 March as the day of commencement of the Australia Act (1986), which saw the last vestiges of Australia’s status as a British dominion ended.
3 September as the day Australia adopted the Statute of Westminster with the Statute of Westminster Adoption Act 1942, which removed the United Kingdom’s ability to legislate over the Commonwealth of Australia and making Australia truly a legally independent nation in a de jure sense.
9 July as the date the Commonwealth of Australia Constitution Act 1900 became law, enabling the constitution to actually take effect on 1 January 1901.
The march and September dates are already holidays. Not that I object to shuffling Labour day around.
Those suggested dates are great, except July… I don’t think I could celebrate Australia in winter or that close to America day
We do the queen/king’s bday on a different date to whatever the current Monarch’s actual bday is. Surely we could just do the same thing with any of these other dates.
bestusername@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s become a day/weekend for bogan flag waves to get drunk and annoy the shit out everyone.
It’s the only long weekend I stay home and don’t go camping due to ever increasing fuckwits.
The entire idea of Australia Day means nothing to me anymore.
PetulantBandicoot@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s literally a day off work for me where I can sleep in, nothing more.
Nonameuser678@aussie.zone 1 year ago
It’s the holiday equivalent of those oversized American utes
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Omg that is a fucking brilliant analogy.
Nath@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Perth has an Australia Day tradition that’s pretty wholesome. The slogan this year is “Reflect. Respect. Celebrate” it’s a family day, very multicultural. Tonight there’s fireworks and a drone show.
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(I’m here, now)
sqgl@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Not many flags?
sqgl@beehaw.org 1 year ago
The Commonwealth and state governments agreed to unify the celebrations on 26 January as “Australia Day” in 1946. So it is not even an age-old tradition the white supremacists like to pretend it is.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 year ago
Some extra context on that:
Despite not being recognised nationally the foundation of the colony of NSW had been celebrated much longer
sqgl@beehaw.org 1 year ago
Not according to Murdoch’s report. Am surprised they published it.
unionagainstdhmo@aussie.zone 1 year ago
I don’t get it first they’re saying that the majority of Australians celebrate Australia Day over on Sky but now they’re admitting maybe they were wrong on Sky?