Changing the date of Australia’s national celebration from January 26 is the key to resetting the national reconciliation process.
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Any celebration of what it means to be Australian must include Australia’s First Peoples.
For Aboriginal people, January 26 is an annual reminder of our dispossession, discrimination and exclusion.
Every year, a growing number of Australians are also becoming increasingly uneasy about holding a national celebration on January 26.
The debate about changing the date will not disappear. I urge political and community leaders to initiate a process towards a more suitable celebration of Australia.
You would be hard-pressed to find people more patriotic about Australia than its First Peoples.
We’ve cared for this country for more than 60,000 years and we’ve played a major part in Australia’s success.
We’re not saying don’t celebrate – we want a celebration but on a day that we can all be comfortable with.
Change the date and we’ll be the first to RSVP.
