Melbourne’s city council will for the first time query its approach to Australia Day on January 26, with Lord Mayor Sally Capp open to the idea of council becoming actively involved in the movement to change the date | LatimoreJack JewelTopsfield
Melbourne Lord Mayor has asked City of Melbourne management to review its approach to January 26, including events, communications and community engagement.The City of Melbourne’s notice to management requests an options paper be prepared for consideration by the council on September 6 this year, detailing how the city could manage the increasingly contentious celebrations from next year.
Aboriginal leader Warren Mundine supports changing the date, but wishes councils would focus on more meaningful ways to improve the lives of Indigenous Australians.“There is growing sentiment that Australia’s national day should be changed to a date that is more unifying, which is what a national day should do, bring us together,” Ball said. “We hope, in time, to ‘come together after struggle’ – makarrata – and find a way to celebrate our evolving identity as a proud multicultural nation.
“I just find it bizarre that the first thing that comes to these people’s heads is Australia Day. I’ve got family members who don’t even talk about changing the date. It seems to be a whole lot of people who are sitting up there in their elite positions who want to have these discussions.”
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