A recent survey reveals a significant increase in support for January 26 as Australia Day, with 61% of voters now backing the date. This surge in support comes despite ongoing debate about the date, particularly from Indigenous Australians who object to celebrating the anniversary of white settlement. The survey also shows that 52% of voters support making January 26 a legally enshrined national day.
Australians have strongly backed January 26 as the national day after years of argument about changing the date, lifting support to a clear majority amid calls to enshrine the date in federal law.
While 39 per cent of voters wanted to change the date when asked in January 2023 – a point when the federal government believed there was strong momentum for the Voice – this slipped to 33 per cent in January 2024. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed off questions about the Coalition plan and challenged Dutton to respect January 26 by attending Australia Day events in Canberra this year, including the Australian of the Year announcement on Saturday night.Critics of January 26 have pointed to the history of white settlement, including the racism suffered by First Australians, to argue for a change to the date.
Davis said the Uluru Statement from the Heart, the key document that set out the case for the Voice, was about bringing people together. “People are over the argument. The referendum and the defeat of the Voice have given permission to people to be more honest,” he said.
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