As the Greens call to change the date of Australia Day, former Speaker and Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop says it's ' necessary that we do celebrate what Cook did”.
|As the Greens call to change the date of Australia Day, former Speaker and Liberal MP Bronwyn Bishop says it's " necessary that we do celebrate what Cook did”.
Greens leader Adam Bandt said the public should not commemorate the day Captain Cook set foot on Australian shore because it demonstrates a lack of “honesty about the dark sides of Australia’s history”. However, according to Ms Bishop Captain Cook’s “journey and ability were outstanding by whatever measure you use”. The Green agenda reveals an “infiltration of our institutions by socialism which wants to destroy the country as we know it," she said.
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