Author Douglas Murray says changing the date of Australia Day and similar narratives across the globe are an “attempt to take away everything that unites us”.
“I just don’t think that long term you can run societies like that,” Mr Murray told Sky News host Rita Panahi.
“There’s a whole class of person that pushes it on the public to make us feel bad, about something which actually is unifying and is meant to make us feel good.”
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