On Thursday, thousands of Australians across the country marked national day with protests in support of Indigenous people.
SINGAPORE: Australia’s national day is dividing many people across the country, instead of bringing them together.
“So, to mark that as the national day - and a national day surely should be a day of union and common celebration - you can see why indigenous communities and their many supporters are highly irate.”On Thursday, thousands of Australians across the country expressed their unhappiness over the national day with protests in solidarity with indigenous people.
The campaign to change the date has been gaining momentum. Many public figures, from Tasmanian Premier Jeremy Rockliff to actor Chris Hemsworth, have also advocated for a different date. For some, celebrating the day that the First Nations people were colonised and dispossessed is not particularly patriotic, he told CNA’s Asia Now. “The politically safe thing for both the government and the opposition is just to keep things as they are for now.
“And if Australia becomes a republic on a different day of the year, then that also may give the government of the day an easy alternative and say well, let's have it on this day because that's a logical day to celebrate a national holiday.”Speaking at a flag-raising and citizenship ceremony in Australia's capital Canberra on Thursday, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese honoured the country’s Indigenous people.
Polls have suggested that a strong majority of Australians support having a voice for the Indigenous communities recognised in the Constitution, giving them a greater say in national policy-making.
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